Author: Adventures

Rocking boats, Raging seas

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...

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KONY 2012 – Lira

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...

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KONY 2012 – Lira

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...

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Solidarity

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...

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The Best Days of My Life!

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

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...

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