Author: Adventures

There’s no place I would rather be!

"There's no place I'd rather be than here in your love". These are the lyrics I was listening to monday morning. As I sit on my bed, swaying side to side, thriving in pain from a burning sensation in my stomach, tiered from being sick all night, worshiping the Lord because there was really nothing else I could do; tears began to stream down my face. My teammates asked what was wrong and I somehow blubbered out, "I'm just so happy". Now that's a funny thing for a person to say when they're suffering from "the malaria". But I was. I didn't...

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Jolly jolly joe joeee

Wow. Only a week left in Lira. So crazy.  I don't think I'll ever get used to the fact that I'm in Africa…it definitely doesn't seem like we've been here for almost 4 months. At all. It has become apparent, however, how much Africa is messing with my ability to act in a way that is socially acceptable. I've realized how drastically less awkward I feel interacting with people here. And for a while this made me feel better about myself, but upon further examination, I've realized that this is mostly just because Africans don't really think anything...

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Things I will Miss…

          I had a whole other blog planned and I had a lot more meaningful things to say. But as I sat here to type it out, and thought about the fact that as of today, I only have 13 days left in Uganda, I suddenly had nothing to say except how much I am going to miss this place and these people. So here is a non-inclusive list of some of the things I will miss. This doesn’t even scratch the surface, but it’s a start. I really feel like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz when she is leaving Oz to go home to Kansas. Part of me wants to go...

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Tick tock, tick tock

Hello everyone! We are winding down our time here in Uganda. We leave Lira a week from this Friday. From here we will head to Jinja for a few days to do some white water rafting and to wind down a bit. Then from Jinja we will drive to Entebbe for our flight back to the states. It’s sad that it is so close to being over but we have had a great time here and have done so many amazing and fun things and have made relationships with the most amazing people.  Lira is a place I’ll never forget and I hope that I can return again someday. The weather has been hot for the most...

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This is life in Africa!

Well the last couple of weeks have been really good! Just thought I’d give an update on what we did they have looked like and how things are going. We performed a love song medley and did a dance at our Friend’s Sam & Doreen’s wedding. Only in Africa, would this happen haha.. And there is a wedding this upcoming Saturday, and they asked us to do a song and a dance too! Just call us the wedding singers! Esther is doing ok.. She still needs prayers, so keep on praying! Her weight has not increased much and she is not really eating much food at all. Her chest is hurting...

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When the going gets tough, Jesus’ grace gets going

Wow! I cannot believe it! We are down to the last wire of our trip. Two weeks left in Lira, ½ a week in Jinja, then 3 days of traveling and Georgia and I will be home. The last four months have literally flown by. It is such a bittersweet feeling for me. Lira has truly become home for me, but I am also super excited to see all my family and friends whom I miss so, so much.   Anyways, as you saw the title of this blog is when the going gets tough, God’s grace gets going. I want to explain, I know God’s grace is always working and never ending. What I am specifically...

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