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the VAAAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!!!!!!

November 16, 2011
Adventures
General Posts

Welcome blog readers! So I know if you have looked at all the other blogs this week, you are probably tired of this topic, but it’s SUUUUPPPEEEERRRRR IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!! We have been so blessed by the staff here at Alpha Hotel and we couldn’t ask for better. Our driver, Patrick, is always devoted to getting us to our ministries. On the other hand, the van that he battles to keep fueled, fixed, and ready to go isn’t quite as reliable. It often breaks down and is constantly causing the Alpha staff time and money to fix. As a team, we prayed hard about this disabling...

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...

A Gift

November 16, 2011
Adventures
General Posts

Many of you have heard about the Alpha van. It is the ministry van. The Alpha van is used for many more things than just the team’s transport. The van is sometimes used as the employees’ transportation, as well as the family of the employees, and it has often saved a random pedestrian from a 3 mile walk into town. Unfortunately, the Alpha van is old and tends to break down a lot. It puts quite a lot of stress on the Alpha staff (Alpha is the hotel we stay at, which is associated with our church) when it breaks down, because it means transporting...

Das Auto!!!!!

November 16, 2011
Adventures
Admissions

Well today my blog is going to be a little different. The van we use for ministry, the Alpha Resort Hotel van, is just a little run down. It can’t even go 15 miles without something going wrong. So, as a team we prayed about it and we decided we would like to help them get a new van. For those of you who would also like to help, the iformation on how to do this is below: Here’s the info for the ministry fund. Â The cost of the van is 26 million shillings (about 10,000 us dollars) and fundraising goes until December 8th. Donors can give online this way: Go to Uganda Ministry...

Who am I?

November 9, 2011
Adventures
Admissions

A couple years ago I went on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic. My leaders for the trip were amazing and I remember walking away thinking that I would love to lead a team someday. To pour into people's lives like other's have done to me. To take them into the nations and watch how their lives will be transformed by what they encounter. I thought it was wishful thinking at the time. I would have never guessed that just a short couple years later I would be doing exactly that. And not only a short 2 week trip but a full 3 months. And who would have guessed that I would...

The Day After

November 9, 2011
Adventures
General Posts

This past weekend was a truly great weekend. My team and the team in Kenya had the opportunity to go to Jinja, Uganda for mid-debrief where we talked with some AIM staff about what God has done through us thus far on the trip, where we went rafting down part of the Nile River, and where we got rest from the busy life of a missionary. It was truly amazing. But even more amazing than super fun rafting or the exquisite ice cream and the unbelievably needed rest was the day after returning from Jinja. Yesterday we had an unexpected ministry opportunity pop-up. One...

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