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In Chains for the Gospel…don’t worry mom

April 11, 2012
Adventures
Life on the Field

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...

I’m a Streetwalker

April 11, 2012
Adventures
Life on the Field

I'm a Streetwalker… Yup. It's true. I am writing to let you all know that I am a streetwalker. There is an organization that we are volunteering with called Child Restoration Outreach (CRO). It is a NGO for street children that feeds them one hot meal a day, provides them a place to bathe and wash their clothes, and offers Christian counseling to the children in the hopes of reconciling them to their families (in cases where they actually have a family, which some of them do not). Yesterday was my team's day to volunteer there and we chose to arrive early so we could walk...

I ate Obama

April 11, 2012
Adventures
Life on the Field

This week I don't have much to share with you, which might be a pleasant surprise after the past few weeks of me rambling on and on and on. It's been a pretty good week! I have enjoyed spending time with my team-mates, ladies at Alpha, and people in the community. Our team presented a skit in church on Sunday that went EXTREMELY well I think. We were all really encouraged by people's responses. Other than that, nothing too major has happened! Except for the time that I ate my own vomit. Ok so it wasn't literally my vomit, but it might as well have been. It was the most...

On Christ the Solid Rock I stand…

April 4, 2012
Adventures
Admissions

Three months ago I walked up to a group of 12 people at the Atlanta, Georgia airport, which is when it hit me… I was about to leave my family, friends, church, job, school, state, city, home, and comfort zone. And I was entering a community with 13 people whose names I barely knew, expected to rely on and trust them with my daily safety, needs, comforts, weaknesses and strengths. I was entering a continent I had never seen, meeting people I knew nothing about, in a culture that I knew very little about. I was going to be involved with a church I knew nothing about, not their...

Recently…………………………..

Well it is April everyone! Only a few weeks left here in Uganda. Kenya was a nice time! Ate a lot of food that was highly Americanized, got to see friends from the other Africa teams and hang out with them. Got to premiere the ChickenHawk Video to the people there. Don’t worry, it will be available for the public when I get home in May. So be patient : ) Also got to see Giraffes if you haven’t seen the pictures yet. The link is: www.facebook.com/JordanScottPhotography That was pretty sweet, I’ve never seen that exotic of an animal. We were supposed to get to see...

Freely you have recieved, freely you give

April 4, 2012
Adventures
Adventure

Something I've noticed in my life is the vast majority of things I see. I see beautiful things- I see children's smiles when I wave to them, I see Zebras, I see baby giraffes licking my face, I see the sun rise over the mountains in Kenya, I see my team mates laughing until we cry. I also see tragic things- I see sickness, I see poverty, I see hopelessness, I see pain, and I see grief. This week I've spent time doing both. I would like to take this blog post to tell you the story of a little boy named Aroke Dennis and how God is continuing to redeem my past, even here in...

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