What Remains of You and What Comes With You?

What remains when you are gone? This is the truest test of significance.

Any time that we have an interaction, we must recognize its affect. Do we positively affect the lives of others? Are we able to receive the good that others have to offer? In venturing to Kisumu, in visiting Davis, not only do I get the opportunity to grow tremendously from the love I am shown along the way, but I also have the incredible responsibility of representing a culture. I have the opportunity to represent myself and others like me; those who see a world that has been blessed with so many resources that are unreasonably spread. For all that have contributed to this mission, I want to thank you kindly. This project is not mine, this project is the world’s project.

We do not go to dump resources and run. Rather, we go to empower others with the gifts that have been given to us and receive the beautiful gifts that another culture brings into our own hearts. We go to laugh and cry. We go to teach and to learn. These projects are designed for sustainability. These projects are made to change lives, both those of the visitor and the host. This current mission was a true blessing, one of the best times of my life, among the many wonderful things I have experienced amongst the peppering of challenges that make us strong for this life.

Here are some pictures to show what the lasting impact of the project has already brought about since departing to the United States: