What a special last day together as a team! We drove approximately 90 minutes this morning to visit a school’s athletic day. It was like any other school track and field day, except this track was just black lines painted on rough grass, the starting gun was a block of wood, and the runners wore…
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Humility, Faith, and love…the Kenyan example
“How is nursing different in United States than in Kenya?” has been the question of the week from nurses and nursing students. What I can see is we actually have more similarities than differences. In Kenya and the United States there is disease, pain, suffering, medical staff with compassion for those who are suffering, medical…
Not by might…
“Not by might nor by power, but by My Sprit, says the Lord of Hosts.” Zechariah 4:6 When the pastor spoke of this verse this past Sunday, he commented on how it is forces both thankfulness in bounty and hope in want. We should either realize that God has supplied, or that God can supply….
A day with Brother Colm
This morning we had the rare privilege to spend several hours with the famed coach Brother Colm O’Connell – what an impressive person! Certainly you can be impressed by his coaching abilities and his successes, but that is not what most impressed our Running the Race team. We were impressed with the person, Colm O’Connell…
Prepared to Serve
As we were in the airport waiting for our flight to Eldoret, a member of our team commented that the conference was a gift from God for the means of relationship building. That made me reflect on our few days in Nairobi and realize that the entire purpose of our time there may have been…
God’s Kingdom is without Borders
As part of this trip to Kenya, Running the Race members were invited speakers at the 2nd International Sports Medicine Conference put on by the Kenya Society for Sports Medicine held at Gertrude Children’s Hospital. Our team gave 8 lectures over the past 2 days focused on the care of the elite athlete. We also…
Fear the Lord, Fear Not
As I sit on the plane, headed to Kenya for the first official trip of Running the Race, I am in awe of what God has done even before we have set foot in the country. The last 24 hours have been difficult, but as I look at the few weeks leading up to January…
The Weak and the Strong
Thank you to all who are supporting us and holding us up in prayer. I needed it. It has been a chaotic week leading up to this inaugural trip for Running The Race. Last Thursday I was feeling overwhelmed and uncharacteristically anxious with the responsibility, planning, and thinking about all the things that could go…
Our First Mission
In January 2018 a group of sports medicine physicians travelled to Iten, Kenya for what I hope was the first of many sports medicine mission trips. Our mission was two-fold: 1) To transform hearts for Christ, and 2) Initiate the development of a sports medicine program for the disadvantaged athletes in Iten. There are…