Author: Adventures

  Last week I wrote about my experiences with a man named Jaspher and how he came to faith in Christ.  Since then Carrie-Anne, Makyla, Darby, Logan and I went back to his home to visit him, but found out that he had been arrested for something – his wife was somewhat flustered and when she explained why he was arrested she said something about him preaching to people which we didn’t really understand, but then ultimately said he was arrested for idling.  She was going to visit him in prison, so we sent her with my Bible and an encouraging note to read while in...

           Well, the good news is that I have officially crossed being a nurse off of my list of possible occupations that I could have in my life. The bad news is that I had to give a poor innocent African man stitches in his hand in order to figure that out. So here’s the story, last week Dr. Henry had told me that I could help assist him in surgery the next time I was at the hospital. However, last Monday, there were no surgeries occurring because it was a holiday. Then as I was visiting patients in the male surgical ward, Dr. Henry...

Since returning from Kenya our team has been struck with the realization that we have exactly five weeks left in the country of Uganda. Five weeks. Four plus a few days if you consider the fact that we will leave Lira a few days before we fly out for our final team debrief. While I look very forward to seeing all of my friends and family again. Coming to terms with the limited amount of time that we have left for ministry in this country is a sobering experience. In recent news…we've been put into new groups for ministry during the week. I am partnered with Sarah and Jordan....

I’ve mentioned in some previous posts the relationship we’ve built with the Jehovah’s Witness family – especially the grandma – Costida.  We’ve been having some discussions about Jesus and the Holy Spirit with her and another family member, James, but two weeks ago we were going to to stop in for just a few minutes to say hello and talk with her about life – letting her know that we care about her beyond just our discussion visits.  When we visited, however, she was in no mood to chat and seemed really agitated that we came to talk...

Hello! So I’ve been noticing this whole trip what a hassle it is to keep up with these dang malaria pills. Spilled them in the dirt. Lost them. Makyla found them. Spilled them in my backpack. Lost them. Found them. Wrestled them back from an African as he tried to throw them away. Spilled them in my purse. BUT I still have them in my possession and haven't missed a day! …A full day.    Anyways, we got back from Nairobi about a week ago, and it was definitely a nice, weird break. Weird because it almost seemed like the U.S. at times. We ate quesadillas and insanely...