How to Follow God to Africa w/ Nysi Kilgore

Welcome to the Collide Kids Podcast, a show where kids and families come together to explore how life and faith collide. In this episode, host Christen Clark talks with the incredibly inspiring Nysi Kilgore. Nysi is an entrepreneur, educator, and the founder of Rooted Anchor and Compassion in Crisis ministries. She is about to embark on an amazing 11-month mission trip across Africa, visiting countries like Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland.  In this episode, Nysi shares her journey, her work with children and families, and how she will use her skills to positively impact orphans, families, and communities. The discussion dives into the wild story of how God turned Nysi's plans for a vacation upside down into a mission that will change her life forever. You'll here about her preparations, her faith, and the incredible support she has received as she gets ready for this adventure with Jesus. Get ready to be so encouraged by Nysi's story and her devotion to using her gifts for God's glory. Let's dive into it!Go to www.rootedanchor.com/compassionincrisis to follow along  Nysi's adventure in Africa!Clip Finder:"Living Abroad for a Year: Missions Work Across Four African Countries": "I have a one way ticket to the continent of Africa, and I will be living there for about eleven months doing missions work. And so I will be able to use all the skills that I have that I use here with families, with kids, and with grownups, and I will be able to use them for Jesus and to serve other people in Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland, or it's been recently changed to Eswatini is the name of the country now... helping some different orphanages and some different churches and different organizations, all the things for about a year."— Nysi Kilgore [00:05:19 → 00:06:04]Understanding Children's Emotions: "Sometimes, as grown ups, we can think about kids as if they're grown ups, but they're not. And we treat them like they're grown ups, but they're not."— Nysi Kilgore [00:06:45 → 00:06:52]Empowering Orphanages with Life Skills: "I get to go and use those skills now at these orphanages that need systems to be put in place, and they need classes for the adults and the communities, and they need lessons for church leadership and kids ministry people."— Nysi Kilgore [00:07:32 → 00:07:46]The Power of Community and Life Lessons: "God uses the lessons that we learn through those roles and who uses them to equip us, to make us who he wants us to be and for who we're going to become and what he has for us to do."— Nysi Kilgore [00:08:46 → 00:08:55]Finding Purpose: The Shift from Personal Indulgence to Divine Mission: "And I was like, you know, I'm talking about blowing this money for myself, and I could really be investing and diving into what the Lord has for me. So I made the decision because that's what I was going to do. I was just going to give the whole trip to the Lord. I open my hands, I said, okay, God, whatever you want me to do, however you want me to do this, I will."— Nysi Kilgore [00:16:31 → 00:16:47]"Following Childhood Dreams": "When people ask them what I wanted to be, I'd say I wanted to be a mom, and I want to be a veterinarian because that's what I thought I wanted to be for forever, but I would always, like, followed up with, but what I really want to do is I really want to have an orphanage. That's what I really want to do."— Nysi Kilgore [00:19:40 → 00:19:53] Bark proactively works to monitor, detect, and alert you to potential issues on your kids' devices. Visit bark.us to learn more about how you can keep your kids safe online. Use the code COLLIDEKIDS to get 15% off Your Bark Technologies Plan !Support the show