tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1835165 2009-08-04T12:50:10-07:00 TypePad JourneyIntoTheWayhttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01127938984b28a40120a4c69956970b 2009-08-04T12:50:10-07:00 2009-08-04T18:26:17-07:00

The team arrived safely home last night into San Francisco. Thanks for all of the prayers for this team while they were serving in country and traveling!

Derek Dominguez tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01127938984b28a401157253f4d4970b 2009-08-02T14:10:29-07:00 2009-08-02T14:10:29-07:00

The first 40 Day Journey team is headed home and in the midst of traveling. Their flight plans had to be changed late this last week due to Delta still not flying out of Nairobi. They had to an extra 12 hours of travel to get home to San Francisco. They are spending tonight in London and then will finish up their last leg of travel tomorrow before I meet them at the airport. Please continue to pray for the this last leg of their "journey" and we hope to have some updates on how their extended time in Nairobi...

Derek Dominguez tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01127938984b28a4011572133527970b 2009-07-17T11:44:56-07:00 2009-07-17T12:52:55-07:00

It’s been one week since Joe and I returned to the states and left the remaining four young adults of the Kenya40 Jourey Into The Way team in Nairobi. They continue to serve alongside of two churches. They participate in Fountain Of Life’s home visitation ministry three days a week in the informal settlements (“slums”.) On the other days they are teaching and interacting with the boys at Fountain Of Life’s home where 50 boys live. They have also had the opportunity to spend the night out with Fountain Of Life, Juja. This is another church home we partner with...

Derek Dominguez tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01127938984b28a4011570ff5bf0970c 2009-07-11T07:01:16-07:00 2009-07-11T07:01:16-07:00

On July 29th six of us arrived in Nairobi, Kenya as part of the first 40 Day Journey team. Joe and I returned to the states after 10 days in country with the team of four young adults who will stay until Aug. 2nd serving alongside of the local church and focusing on their formation in the Way of Jesus, among the abandoned and orphaned. One of the other comitments they made to focusing on this journey as a season of formation was to "unplug" and limited their connection with technoloogy and its lure to continually be "up to date."...

Derek Dominguez tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01127938984b28a4011571d8b11e970b 2009-07-08T02:13:21-07:00 2009-07-11T06:11:26-07:00

Monday we went with FOL's home visitation ministry into the slums of Matthari. The team did great as we visited nine separate families and their children. We practiced a ministry of presence, listening to each of their struggles and how we could be praying for them. Many of these families the church assists in various ways. One of the greatest needs and most significant is the childrens' school tuition. Once I get back to the states I'll post a couple pictures. Yesterday we had the opportunity to be back with the boys at Fountain Of Life. Each team member took...

Derek Dominguez tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01127938984b28a4011570cd3fed970c 2009-07-05T11:18:10-07:00 2009-07-11T06:11:58-07:00

Yesterday the team served alongside of Fountain of Hope Church as they facilitated their Saturday feeding program to 70 kids. The team also helped facilitate games for the children and spent time with the girls who live in the home. This morning we worshipped with Fountain of Life Church on the new property. The team shared their hearts and about their excitement about serving alongside of the church over the next month. I also has the opportunity to share about the purpose of this team, the vision of Journey Into The Way, and to thank them in advance for the...

Derek Dominguez tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01127938984b28a4011571b4286e970b 2009-07-03T21:36:54-07:00 2009-07-11T06:12:29-07:00

The team would appreciate your covering over us in your prayers. I've been fighting something since Wed. It it kept me in my room for a day sleeping. I'm still only about 70%. Two other guys on the team seem to fighting something very similar since last night. Thanks...

Derek Dominguez tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01127938984b28a4011570b928ff970c 2009-07-03T07:52:48-07:00 2009-07-03T07:52:48-07:00

In Santa Cruz you often see a bumper sticker that states, "Live simply so that others may simply live." The discipline of simplicity is often a stretch for most Americans. We never are without. We have anything we want at our fingertips at a moments notice. Stores on every corner hold goods to satiate our desires for food, electronics, media, and anything else we want. I often am convicted to ask myself, "How much is enough." Do I really need the newest and best there is for myself and my family while others go without basic needs being met. I...

Derek Dominguez tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01127938984b28a4011570ac9b59970c 2009-07-02T07:23:39-07:00 2009-07-02T07:23:39-07:00

We arrived safely, but tired Monday night in Nairobi. Tuesday we had a day of acclimating, resting, praying and further training. We have had some significant times of praying in the mornings and settling into a rhythm of "breathing in" and focusing on how God desires to inwardly transform us, while in the afternoons there have been ample opportunities to serve. On Wednesday the team headed out to Fountain of Life church in Juja, about 45 minutes outside of Nairobi. The team was blessed by hearing the pastor's heart and spending time with the 12 girls who live in the...

Derek Dominguez tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a01127938984b28a40115708a9314970c 2009-06-28T13:26:12-07:00 2009-07-11T06:12:56-07:00

We have arrived in Atlanta. As soon as we stepped off the plane the first words I hear are, "Are we there yet?" Laughing soon follows as the team knows we still have a long venture before us to get to Nairobi to serve alongside of the church. The team is bonding well and it is evident God is at work in building unity.

Derek Dominguez