Adventures – Page 20

Yet, I will still praise Him.

August 1, 2012
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Admissions

How can I reconcile knowing God's beautiful purpose in a two month trip and a broken heart that longs to remain? I believe it was time for me to come back home but it is strange to be back. In Uganda, you are daily surrounded by people who know true lack and want, yet their joy is unquenchable because they know God. Their daily lives are surrounded by prayer and praise of Jesus Christ for anything and everything in their lives, big or small, obstacle or triumph, in live or death. There is no time for fruitless distraction in the things that we fill our lives with in America for...

Bittersweet

July 27, 2012
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Admissions

Leaving beautiful Uganda definately is a bittersweet experience. As I sit here in Kampala, waiting all day to go to the airport, I can't help but think back over these short two months I have spent here. This morning I got the best wakeup call from precious Susan and Polly, who are two of the Alpha staff that are like my family now! Hearing their voices really made me miss them and realize how much I really love them. There are so many things I will miss about this place: 1. of course my Susan and Shelby, Polly, Cissy – their joy, love, smiles, hugs, laughs 2....

In Touch with my Mild Side

July 24, 2012
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Reflections

O how the sun rises anew each day, relentless; it wakes the dawn with beams of longing, begging that dusk be forgotten. Seeking, but never finding, running, only to continue hiding, aching, transformed to scorching, and wondering where to find one thing. It is a tireless pursuit: who can match it? The fires that burn fuel it further until the sun is burned by it's own weeping rays and spots itself in embaressment. It is doubtful the sun shall ever quit, even more doubtful that it should ever succeed; A star so large, so small, is called to an end. Here I...

A dream is a wish…

July 24, 2012
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As this trip of a lifetime draws to a close, I don't have much to say simply because my thoughts are racing. I've also experienced too much these past 2 weeks to blog about all of it. I'll just tell you how I'm feeling these days. Honestly, a couple days ago I was really upset because my dream from almost 3 years ago is almost over. I felt like, "Really? This is it? It's almost over." And my brother Ben said, "you know the thing about dreams is that you dream them, you wake up and they're gone….But then you go to sleep and you dream a new...

My Best Friend

When I was little and a stray cat would show up at our house, I would want to play with it, feed it and name it. And my parents, with my best interests in mind would tell me not to, so I wouldn't get attached, because we could never keep them. And now years later, here I am, in Uganda, getting attached. There is one little girl in paticular, named Janette. She goes to school with Victory Outreach Church, so I get to see her whenever I work at the chuch or go to church on Sundays. There is a bit of a language barrier, but I just love being around her. I have become so attached to...

Everything I don’t want to leave

I feel like so many things have been happening lately, and that this really can't be my last week in Lira but it is! So I decided to make a list of all the things I don't want to leave -Lucky -The Alpha Staff -The African handshakes that just seem to keep going -The fact that sarcasm doesn't exist here -Hearing "MONO MONO, MONO BYE, BYE MONO!" by children everywhere -Feeling like a celebrity because of how eager people are to receive a wave hello from the 'monos' -Waking up at 6:30 every morning by roosters -Never knowing how many US dollars I just...

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