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heartbreaking

my soul cries out to God. I AM WEAK. my soul pants for The Lord. There has been pain which greets my heart and tears that meet my cheeks. This place and its poverty. This place and its nothing. These kids with no family. These kids with no shoes. These people with yellow eyes. These people with dark hearts. It only takes a day to realize the depravity of the world. We are a people with clean bodies and good health. We are a people with much stuff and big cars. We are a people who will make it on our own, and we will make it succesfully…whatever 'succesfull' looks...

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...

FAST

July 11, 2012
Adventures
Admissions

A couple days ago we decided to do a team fast. Some fasted from sarcasm, talking badly about themselves, guarding their heart, and many of us fasted from food. I was one who fasted from food. This was my first time fasting food and the Lord completely opened my eyes to something new. We started at 6pm Monday and ended 6pm Tuesday. Throughout the day whenever I thought about eating or just food I went straight into prayer for the two ladies that the Lord has completely broken my heart for back home. I prayed for the Lord to do great things within them and for all the walls to be broken down...

Overwhelmed…

July 9, 2012
Adventures
Admissions

…simply by the Lord's goodness. Do ya'll remember the little children who helped me pick weeds in Popia's garden?Well, the Lord has left Oliver, Garby, Melissa, Ruth, and Jonathan on my heart. I've gone back to see them many times since that day. I actually have a prayer request, and I'm asking you to pray with conviction and to truly believe that the Lord is Healer. Little Jonathan has some sort of disease on his feet and he's in so much pain, yet he still has the biggest smile on his face. I can't really go into too much detail about all that...

These pentocostal weirdos

I might offend somebody with that title, but it's okay. So, let me tell you the weirdest experience of my life. Ever. So, we help at a church which is pretty cool and they love us and we love them. They invite us to bbig important events and of course we want to be a part of that kind of stuff so we go. Typically it's pretty cool and fun, and we get a chance to build relationships and stuff. Well, last Friday they had a "youth prayer night". Which I thought was going to be equivalent to a youth lock in. Oh, how I was so wrong. It really was a youth...

Misunderstanding a Little Less Completely

July 9, 2012
Adventures
Reflections

For my sharp-eyed readers, the title is drawn from C.S. Lewis, and I believe I've come to another point of misunderstanding a little less completely. This is not to say that I'm coming to understand a little more completely – as if I understood at all – or to say that I am stranded in the stagnancy of apathy. What I think C.S. Lewis was trying to say was exactly what I'm feeling right now: I don't know much of anything about God's greatness, but I do see slivers of it here and there. I've preached twice now, once on June...

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