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burdens we carry

September 5, 2011
Adventures
General Posts

My back is hevay with weight. The muscles in my shoulders straining to carry the burden I have chosen to place upon it. Everything I had placed in my luggage had been carefully chosen and the weight was necessary. There were things I had placed in my heart however, that were not selected out of care but out of fear. These things, these burdens were becoming to heavy to bear. Packing for a journey lasting three months has taught me about necessity; what would be critical to my living and what would only hinder me and slow me down. There's a passage in Isaiah that addresses the the...

cool runnings

September 5, 2011
Adventures
General Posts

Let me just start off by saying God is in this place and He's working tremendously in our lives. I've lost count of the days I've been here, what time it is, but I've become more aware of God moving in my life. I can already sense a change coming in not only my life, but my teams. The things I've been taught here are not only going to be valuable on the field, but valuable when I come home. Things like the true importance of community, feedback, speaking into people words/phrases/pictures God has given you for them. I've been...

Passionate Surrender

August 7, 2011
Adventures
Admissions

In Uganda, I was given a new way of following the Lord. I am now in a state of surrender, which had never truly happened before. I’m in a place where I must be completely obedient to the Lord, or I won’t survive. Nothing is in my control at all. This place reminds of white water rafting on the Nile, which I gave up on halfway through the day out of utter fear. We had to follow the guide’s instructions on paddling, grabbing the rope, etc., or we would not have survived. If I went with what I thought was a better way of paddling,...

Post-African Life

August 6, 2011
Adventures
Reflections

I knew I wasn't supposed to stay in Africa. I knew I was supposed to go home. I know I'm called to Nashville, TN right now. So what are these emotions I'm encountering? I was even told during debrief that I would begin to understand the transformations I've been going through. But the reality of comprehending these changes is, well… weird. I had fears before entering Africa that I would return to everything changing. My anxieities were calmed by the Lord, yet they became true. Everything is different. But the changes are not with the people and places around me....

What is Real Life??

August 5, 2011
Adventures
Reflections

When I signed up for a Real Life trip, I never understood what that would mean. Now that I am back home and no longer in Uganda, I understand why AIM calls it a Real Life trip. The thing is: life has never been more real than it is now-not trying to be cliche or do a play on words, but seriously life is more real than ever before. The reality- the reality of hurt, the reality of pain, the reality of poverty, the reality of need- have never hit me so deeply before. The reality that there are people who literally depend on the Lord or the church to provide their daily bread -day...

Apowyo Matek

July 30, 2011
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Admissions

In the language spoke in Lira called Luo that means thank you very much. And right now as i sit in Kampala waiting to fly home tomorrow night thats all i can think to say to all of my supporters. The last night we were in Lira each one of us was asked to say something in front of everybody at our going away party. What i told them was that even if I may never come back to Lira, Uganda i will never ever forget this place. You know why? Cause God has changed me. There is no way I can go back to America the same. I told them that Lira Uganda is a spiritual marker for William Graham. There is...

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