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I Need Africa

November 23, 2011
Adventures
Adventure

“I need Africa more than Africa needs me.” I wish I could say that I came up with this quote on my own, but I got it from a teammate’s shirt. After being in Africa with her for about three months now, I’ve seen the shirt quite a few times, but this past week it really struck a chord with me. I began to think to myself, ‘how in the world could I ever need Africa?’ Africa is a place stricken with AIDS, poverty, child run homes, civil wars, hunger, thirst, and many more tragedies that no human should ever have to live through; what could Africa possibly have...

Maggots

November 23, 2011
Adventures
General Posts

Before I arrived in here, I had a few pre-existing expectations about Africa. One was that bugs are a common dish; you know, crickets, worms, and maggots. So far, I haven’t enjoyed this delicacy as much as I thought I would, but I definitely had some encounters, and unfortunately, they weren’t as culturally enlightening as I had hoped. Once, I decided to roast a giant grass hopper and popped it in my mouth. It was ok. My next experience wasn’t quite as ok; I wasn’t expecting it. At Alpha Hotel, there are these trees that bear a fruit I have never seen...

My time in the Alley!!!!!!!!!!!!!

November 23, 2011
Adventures
Admissions

A long, long time ago. But in the not to distant past. “Now the Star Wars theme is playing!!!!!!!!!!” It was a time of spiritual warfare and renagade paragraphs floating through space.I went back to that alley again, but this time I had a translator. Yay, translator!!!!!! We did door to door ministry down the market. I told everyone the great news about Jesus. None came to know him, they said that they ddn’t have enough faith. They need more time. I prayed with them, and told them if they had faith as small as a mustard seed they can be saved and born again. It’s so...

change is a coming

November 23, 2011
Adventures
Reflections

I can’t believe my time in Uganda is almost up. Time has flown by, but then again, it feels like I’ve been away from family and friends for much longer than it’s been. Part of me is REALLY excited to go back home, but the other part is heart broken about having to leave this place that has been my home for the past three months. Everything that was said to me about this trip has been true and so much more. I’ve def had my highest highs here, my lowest lows, God has moved and spoken, and my faith has grown tremendously....

Dear Mister Waldo

November 22, 2011
Adventures
Life on the Field

Dear Mister Waldo- Thank you for all your hard work. You have served us well but we kindly request you to retire. Lets face it… you are not as young as you used to be. We understand that its not your fault but we would really like to not be stranded somewhere for hours because you need to catch a breather. We have had good moments but as time goes on there are some not so good ones mixed in there. Like pushing you to get you started, standing on the side of the street waiting for you to wake up, or not being able to go somewhere because you were not feeling up to it. We love...

Where’s Waldo

November 16, 2011
Adventures
Life on the Field

Remember the fun books we had as kids where we had to find Waldo among the crowd of random people and objects? Well that has nothing to do with what this blog is about, except the fact of what we have named Waldo. We have a van here in Lira, that’s used to transport us from all our different ministries that we have cleverly named Waldo. Why Waldo, you might ask. Well you see, we are constantly asking “Where’s Waldo?” or “Where’s Patrick?” (Our driver.) We usually have about a 10-20 minute wait, and then the fun begins. We all pile in the van to head...

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