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In Case You’d Forgotten

April 25, 2012
Adventures
General Posts

In Case You'd Forgotten… In case you've become too comfortable with living in a third world country… In case you had found it easy to live in northern Uganda where very few US dollars can still afford you a very affluent lifestyle in comparison to the majority of the population. In case you'd forgotten that the country you are in has only recently come out of a 20 year war led by a mad man by the name of Joseph Kony… These were the thoughts that went through my mind a few days ago when I heard….To read the rest please go to my...

Tick tock, tick tock

April 25, 2012
Adventures
Life on the Field

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...

Jolly jolly joe joeee

April 25, 2012
Adventures
Adventure

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...

An unworthy but willing messenger

April 25, 2012
Adventures
Admissions

On Thursday I went to Child Restoration Outreach again with Makyla, Logan, Carrie-Anne, and Darby and saw Steven, a street kid that I met months ago near the church, that had been chased off by police from living there so I hadn’t seen him in a long time. Our team has begun to think about what we want to accomplish before the trip ends and the loose ends we wanted to tie up. I had been praying on Tuesday about seeing Steven again, so it was so sweet to see him there that morning. He came right up to me and was excited to see me as well – it’s...

Being sent out

April 25, 2012
Adventures
Admissions

Welp, we only have two weeks left before we are home! How time has flown! As excited as I am about going home, I am also really sad to leave Lira. I believe each one of us has come to a point where Lira is our home, it’s not just a place we’re visiting. We have become each others family and we have friends surrounding us in Lira. It’s to the point where we can’t even walk through town without seeing someone we know. It’s great! Anyways, I don’t have much to talk about this week, I just want to share something I noticed God has been doing throughout...

I’ve been charged with involuntary DUCK-slaughter

April 18, 2012
Adventures
Life on the Field

With deep remorse, guilt and shame, I am sad to say that I have ACCIDENTALLY ended the life of one of our precious duck pals “Florence”. It was a cool afternoon with heavy, heavy rain falling. The ducks Ferguson and Florence had just been transported inside to our bathroom for a rendezvous with a warm towel where they were feeling very balmy and toasty. This where it gets graphic. As I was capping off a scolding hot shower I may or may have not smashed the living daylights out of our female duck friend Florence with my size 13’s. The sound that poor poultry made will...

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