the africa diaries

In May of 2009 I joined a team of businessmen from around the United States as Five Talents International (FTI) sent us out for a Business as Mission (BAM) Trip to Kenya and Uganda. FTI is a faith-based organization that fights poverty with microfinance. They work in areas where there is extreme poverty and help to provide small (micro-) loans to people to help them start businesses that help them pull themselves out of poverty.

The BAM Trip that Five Talents sent us out on is designed to support the local microfinance programs. We went to teach two-day seminars on basic Christian business skills that help the loan clients to be more successful with their businesses. We taught things like how to choose a business, marketing, finances and record-keeping, and how to build a business plan.

While on this trip I journaled many of my thoughts and experiences. I wanted to share those thoughts and experiences here….

• day one: arriving in nairobi
• day two: the road to thika
• day three: visiting the clients
• day four: first day of teaching
• day five: finishing with our first group
• day six: starting with the next group
• day seven: wrapping up business in kenya
• day eight: a retreat to remember
• day nine: headed to kampala
• day ten: the road to kasese
• day eleven: a walk in the clouds
• day twelve: teaching in uganda
• day thirteen: our last classes
• day fourteen: back to kampala
• day fifteen: headed home

So get a cup of coffee or tea (preferably from Kenya or Uganda), get comfortable, and enjoy the journey! And for more of the experience than what is shared in this ‘africa diaries’ series, then check out everything that is tagged with africa ’09 as a part of this mission trip.

Related posts:

• wordless wednesday: children of thika
• too much to process
• music monday: ugandan worship (part 1)
• wordless wednesday: church pews in makogeni
• music monday: ugandan worship (part 2)
• wordless wednesday: filling the water bottle
• wordless wednesday: life around town in kenya
• wordless wednesday: well water in kenya
• wordless wednesday: churches of africa, gakui
• wordless wednesday: children of gakui
• [photo journal] churches of africa
• [photo journal] children of africa
• [photo journal] everyday life in kenya
• [photo journal] everyday life in uganda

The Twitter logs:

• africa trip twitter feed for 2009-05-13
• africa trip twitter feed for 2009-05-14
• africa trip twitter feed for 2009-05-15
• africa trip twitter feed for 2009-05-16
• africa trip twitter feed for 2009-05-17
• africa trip twitter feed for 2009-05-18
• africa trip twitter feed for 2009-05-19
• africa trip twitter feed for 2009-05-20
• africa trip twitter feed for 2009-05-21
• africa trip twitter feed for 2009-05-22
• africa trip twitter feed for 2009-05-23
• africa trip twitter feed for 2009-05-24
• africa trip twitter feed for 2009-05-25
• africa trip twitter feed for 2009-05-26
• africa trip twitter feed for 2009-05-27
• africa trip twitter feed for 2009-05-28
• africa trip twitter feed for 2009-05-29
• africa trip twitter feed for 2009-05-30

Dan King

CHIEF INSTIGATOR

Christ-follower. husband. father. corporate training development guru. school of ministry and missions instructor. social media editor for thehighcalling.org. blogger at bibledude.net. co-founder and media director for the activistfaith.org movement. social media director for help end local poverty.

       

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 5th, 2009 at 10:05 pm. It is filed under africa '09 and tagged with africa, five talents, journal, microfinance, missions, poverty.