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My Birthday in Gulu (it’s a double blog week!)

March 14, 2012
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Life on the Field

Five thirty. Five freaking thirty. That is when my leaders and a few fellow team mates stormed into my room and woke us up on March 3rd (a.k.a. my birthday). They told us to be ready in half an hour and pack like it was any ordinary day. Confused and half asleep we all got ready to go on our mystery adventure. Turns out we were taking a trip to Gulu. Gulu is a town that a few of my team mates and myself had really wanted to visit. In Gulu there is an office for Invisible Children. If you don't know about Invisible children you probably don't know me very well. HA ok but seriously if...

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...

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...

There are No words to describe this feeling

March 14, 2012
Adventures
Life on the Field

"can you please take the child? I cannot provide for him. His parents are no more. Please please help me." That question, right there is what i was presented with on Tuesday evening at the hospital. My heart literally sank to my feet. Here i was, sitting on the floor with a 3 year old little boy named Brian. Suffering from an extreme case of malnutrition, every movement on my part was made with extreme care, as I was afraid I was going to break his little frail body. His lack of energy made getting him to smile very difficult… but none the less i continued to sing "in...

This is their life…

March 14, 2012
Adventures
Life on the Field

Last night we went to watch Kony2012 at a place in Lira called the Mayor’s Garden. It is a large park in Lira and they were projecting the film onto the side of a building so everyone in the city would be able to watch it. There were over 2,000 Ugandans gathered there to watch the film. It is truly one of those experiences that I cannot describe in words. I have watched all the Invisible Children videos and have always been moved by the stories the films tell. However, watching an Invisible Children film, while surrounded by people who were once those...

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