Recently, I took 45 of the 90+ members of the Baylor Men’s Choir to Kenya for fifteen days of singing, hands-on ministry, cultural exchange, and enjoying the beauty of Kenya. While in Kenya the group sang in churches, schools, orphanages, out-door markets, airports, restaurants – anywhere people were gathered! We also painted a significant part of a school with which we have a long-term partnership and sponsor several girls in order to rescue them from Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and early marriage that are still prominent among some groups in Kenya.
While this was my fourth time to take a group to Kenya, I’m still processing the ways in which music impacts people in Kenya, and I’m challenged to find ways to translate the best practices back to those with whom I work and minister. (To see some amazing photos and read some of the group blog posts, go to https://bumckenya2013.wordpress.com/). Following are some of the distinctives that characterize the power of music in Kenya:
While this was my fourth time to take a group to Kenya, I’m still processing the ways in which music impacts people in Kenya, and I’m challenged to find ways to translate the best practices back to those with whom I work and minister. (To see some amazing photos and read some of the group blog posts, go to https://bumckenya2013.wordpress.com/). Following are some of the distinctives that characterize the power of music in Kenya:
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