by April Jurgensen | Mar 9, 2020 | Kenya, Short-Term Missions
The day after Christmas, a team of eleven boarded a plane in Chicago and began a long journey to Kenya. The plan was to hold a VBS with the boys at El Shaddai Children’s Center, buy belated Christmas gifts for them and their caregivers, and to learn some culture along... 
by Guest Author | Feb 3, 2020 | Kenya, Prayer
“I Have Hidden Your Word in my Heart…” For me, short-term mission trips have always included being flooded with newness—new sights, new sounds, new tastes, new knowledge about God, others and myself. This newness can make it all so exciting—or devastating—that... 
by Guest Author | Jan 20, 2020 | Kenya, Short-Term Missions
James, SimonYuki and Michael On my trip to Kenya with The Boaz Project over New Year’s, I connected with was a boy named Michael. He had a lot of fun doing the VBS crafts we brought and coloring, but he especially has a passion for music. A question from one of our... 
by April Jurgensen | Jan 13, 2020 | Kenya, Short-Term Missions
What do New Year’s Eve, shoe shopping, and The Names of God Bingo all have in common? They were highlights of The Boaz Project’s recent short-term trip to Kenya! Having just returned home from an amazing visit with the boys and their caregivers at El Shaddai... 
by April Jurgensen | Nov 25, 2019 | Kenya
Upon spending time at the El Shaddai Boys’ Home in Kenya you will quickly gather that this group of boys is full of wonderful but very different personalities. One boy has a quiet, very observant personality. James is content being alone, so to find him, you may have... 
by April Jurgensen | Oct 21, 2019 | Kenya, Updates
Just a few months ago, we told you of Moses who was brought to the El Shaddai Boys Home after his home caught fire and his mother was stripped of parental rights. We explained that several weeks later, his sister was released from the hospital and brought to the home.... 
by April Jurgensen | Sep 30, 2019 | Kenya
We often introduce you to the children we work with, but these children are only one side of the story. Standing behind each child is a caregiver who works tirelessly to make each child is cared for, has food, a safe place to heal and grow, and so much more. I wish I... 
by April Jurgensen | Sep 23, 2019 | Kenya
“Blessed is the onewho does not walk in step with theor stand in the way that sinners takeor sit in the company of mockers,but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,and who meditates on his law day and night.That person is like a tree planted by streams ofwhich... 
by April Jurgensen | Dec 31, 2018 | India, Kenya, Ways to Help Orphans
Do you ever get sentimental on the last day of the year? I often find myself reflecting through the challenges God has brought me through, the blessings He’s given, the hopes satisfied and those deferred in the last 12 months. I always hope that I’m a different... 
by April Jurgensen | Dec 24, 2018 | Crossing Cultures, India, Kenya, Russia
One of my favorite things about my job is that I get to visit friends around the world and worship the one, true God together. In anticipation of Christmas, I thought it would be fun to look at some of the holiday traditions Christians observed in each of the... 