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“I’m Obsessed With My Life Right Now.”

March 14, 2012
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Adventure

Okay! Can’t believe I’m finally getting to blog. The past few weeks have been beyond words. We keep saying to each other, “How are you supposed to describe this feeling to people? How could this ever be put into words?” This post will be mostly highlights and things that happened, and hopefully I can post a couple of others that are more in depth. This past Sunday I led the worship part of service at the church (Praise- faster, Worship- slower). I even attempted to lead a song in Luo (the local language), but thankfully someone took over for me when they...

African Confusion

March 14, 2012
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Life on the Field

Well here in Africa, white people are referred to as either “Muzungu” or “Munu.” So everywhere we go, we hear “Munu, Bye, Munu, Bye.” Or “Muzungu, how are you”. Or something along those lines. English is the universal language here in Uganda but their English is definitely different and they often have a hard time understanding us. Small Children who are just learning are often confused as well. I think that in their schools they teach them that if a white person talks to you, they are probably going to ask you two...

Rocking boats, Raging seas

March 14, 2012
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Admissions

The last few weeks I have been in a fog. We have been really busy with our different ministries and time to process struggles and challenges has been minimal to none. And for someone who is an introvert when it comes to processing things in this life, no time to chill and process makes following Christ and being focused really hard. Now praise God in those times Jesus never leaves me, but it does make obeying Him and finding peace in His presence difficult. But something I found while searching the word this week has been really encouraging. I was reading in 2 Chronicles 20 yesterday...

KONY 2012 – Lira

March 14, 2012
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Life on the Field

So this past week has been really crazy and fun, been doing lots of ministry things and building relationships. I want to tell you all about last night though. It was truly amazing, there was a screening of the new Invisible Children video “KONY 2012”. If you have not seen the video yet, I suggest you go and watch it. It’s an amazing piece of artwork that does an excellent job of showing who and what Joseph Kony has done and is doing to the people of Africa. So, we heard about the screening through a friend of ours. When we got there, there were a couple hundred...

Solidarity

March 14, 2012
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Adventure

Last night we had the incredible privilege of being there for the first part of this: http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2012/03/14/pkg-mckenzie-kony-2012-screening-in-uganda.cnn It was amazing. Sitting on top of a pickup truck, surrounded by thousands of Ugandans as they watch a documentary about the atrocities that have happened to them; to their friends; to their neighbors. It's one thing to watch Kony 2012 in your bedroom, and another to be standing next to a guy who had been abducted by the LRA. Who knows how many other stories there were in that crowd. We only were there for...

The Best Days of My Life!

March 14, 2012
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Adventure

Welp folks, this is a double blog week. Last week I didn't have time to blog because the power was out and we only had about an hour of internet (and it was very slow). This is Africa folks! This week is what I have deemed the "week of growth". It started with last Tuesday. Last Tuesday my team asked if I would play guitar and lead worship for them. I've been learning guitar off and on for years, but I've never really been dedicated to it. I was not really excited to play for them, but I did pray earlier that week that I would have the opportunity to practice playing...

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