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third times the charm.

April 18, 2012
Adventures
General Posts

a few weeks ago as I was sitting outside a hut on one of our Victory Outreach North days, a woman walking by holding a baby caught my eye. I walked over to greet her partially to be friendly but mostly just to marvel at her baby. Not long after exchanging names she thrusted her baby into my arms and insisted I take him. In that moment my heart went threw a million and three different ways I could possibly get that beautiful baby home with me. My brain quickly interrupted and reminded me that I was being completely unrealistic and it wasn't going to happen. Instead I would just love on...

Playing Catch-Up and Praying for a Gueno

April 18, 2012
Adventures
Life on the Field

I am sorry for being such a horrible blogger. I quickly lose patience with the internet speed and decide "I'll just wait until next week," and now it's been over a month since my last post. I'll try to give a somewhat quick summary of some things that have happened over the last month and then will try to post one or two more pointed blogs…so here goes! Living in a mud hut in the village was interesting. On the way to a huge lake, I rode on the back of a motorcycle (boda-boda) for so long that my face was visibly coated in dirt. We ate the best...

It’s been a week…

April 18, 2012
Adventures
Life on the Field

I'm not sure that there is any one thing that I want to share today. This week has been just another, same old,… awesome, amazing, awe inspiring week in Lira, Uganda! Thursday included a long walk with a new friend, a mud fight in the rain, a dead duck, and fun time in the kitchen with the Alpha ladies. Friday was the day that my ministry team discovered a new program for street kids that is probably my favorite place in Lira to be! The organization is called Atin Afrika and they do phenomenal work rehabillitating street children. We even spent some time talking with some of our...

R.I.P. Florence.

April 18, 2012
Adventures
Life on the Field

Been a pretty good week! Let's see. Jordan killed my duck. See his blog for the gruesome details. I feel like it has kind of been a week of ridiculousness. For instance, Mary and me being able to scrub into surgery whenever we want to. Or the fact that we presented a dance to a Christian rap song at a wedding. Not only that, but I did a backbend in this particular number. The fact that I haven't taken gymnastics since I was 10 didn't seem to matter, so that was a plus. I also wrote a song/rap with my dear friend innocent who is under the impression that we are going to be...

Going to the chapel and we’re gonna get married!!!

April 18, 2012
Adventures
Admissions

So…sometimes when you are in Africa, and some friends of yours get married, you get the privilege of being the wedding singers…and the wedding dancers…and the servers at the reception, lol. Last Saturday, Sam and Dorine, the cutest African couple ever, got married. Somehow, and I don’t really know how, but somehow, our team got recruited to present a few songs during the ceremony. We chose to do a medley of some rather cheesy, but more importantly, really amusing, love songs. We began our medley with “I Say a Little Prayer for you” from the major...

Be Free

April 18, 2012
Adventures
Adventure

If you know me, you most likely know that while my birth certificate says I am 19 years old I'm a lot closer to 5 years old. I like to play, laugh, sing, dance, climb, jump, ect. This week was the perfect week for a 5 year old- the rain came. Now, to most people that would be annoying- you have to walk through rain and mud where ever you go (not to mention all the bugs). But to me, it is the most wonderful thing! I love the coolness. I love the sound it makes on my tin roof. I love listening to the thunder and watch the lightning light up the sky. I love to play. Something you should...

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