Author: Adventures

Well, we have made it! After two flights and a stolen night (time flies when you’re flying against time), we made it to Entebbe, Uganda in the evening of the 10th. We had a wonderful African meal and a good hot sleep under mosquito nets before getting up for a day of rest around Kampala.   We knew that we would be splitting up the team of 24 to two teams of 12, going to Kampala, the capitol city, and Lira, up north. However, we did not realize that the Kampala team would be leaving right away for Gulu, in the northern part of Uganda, for a week of (more) missions with the...

I just heard from the team leaders and the team has arrived safe and sound in Uganda.  They are settling in for the night with their host and all is well.  The team is in good spirits and very excited for what’s to come.  They’ll be finding internet and posting blogs as soon as they can.  Thank you for your prayers!

To say that training camp has been full of delicious “last” meals, wonderful rest, and luxurious housing might be a stretch of the imagination. The AIM staff has made sure that our teams get a taste (literally) of the different cultures and lifestyles we will be experiencing the next two months. Other than unique food experiences this camp has been full of God’s absolute presence and incredible team bonding and unity unlike anything I’ve ever been a part of. Fear and Doubt and past Shame have been consuming my thoughts and heart during this camp. We talked multiple...

Training Camp.. my initial thought — hmm, just like youth camp back in the day?? WRONG! When we got into Atlanta we were sent on a well, kinda sorta scavenger hunt, if you will, to find out next destination. After trodding through the streets of Atlanta in the tsunami (ha not literally, just a lot of rain, although I wouldn’t be surprised after getting back from Guatemala less than 24 hours before where there was an earthquake, volcano, tropical storm, mud slides, and of course a sink hole) we arrived at the Atlanta, Georgia safehouse, a homeless shelter downtown. Later that...

   Everyday, God wakes us up to fill us up yet again for another glorious day on His Earth. It is because of HIM that we have strength,love,patience,kindness and so many other great gifts. He is so humble that He gives us these things to share! God has shown me this these past 4 days in Georgia. After a night at a homeless shelter in downtown Atlanta where I gave my all (and not God’s all), the following night at the training camp left me completely broken. For those of you who know me, I am rarely a negative person. This particular night in that...

Although it has only been 4 days, I feel like I’ve known my team forever! To be completely honest, I wasn’t super excited about training camp, I was just so ready to be in Uganda- but these past few days have truly been a blessing! Since the first day, our team has had AWESOME unity. From evangelizing to the homeless on the streets of downtown Atlanta to making a human pyramid during team building to painting our mission for the trip on a huge canvas- we are all continuously praying for each other, encouraging each other, and loving on each other! I had a really hard time...