Author: Adventures

Today after a morning building a well, our team went throughout the village of Kyampisi doing evangilism. Four of us and a translator headed a mile or so down the dirt road and felt that we should go to the two locals bars and talk to people there. The first bar we went to had no customers, just one lady working, waiting for people to come. As a team we decided to leave. I was instantly convicted and reminded of the parable of the lost coin. In this parable, a woman rejoices over finding one lost coin, in the same way that angels rejoice when one person becomes a Christian. Instead of...

I’ve been asking God to teach me to love beyond my capacity. I thought it would come through a subtle change in heart. I thought it would be easy. I never thought it would hurt. I never thought it would expose my heart, leaving me in utter vulnerability and brokenness.   During the first couple weeks of the trip, I remember walking through a trail, asking some of my teammates about their lives and what their passions were. One said she was studying special education. I told her how I thought it was so respectable and honorable, but it was a ministry I didn’t think I could...

Last week we had the incredible opportunity to stay in the village with a family. Naturally I jumped at the opportunity to stay with Kadenge's family because he is pretty much my Ugandan son. I don't think I actually understood how crazy the week was going to be. Me, Jessie, 5 kids and our mom stayed in a house approximately the size of a small hotel bathroom and all slept together on 2 mattresses on the floor.  On the second night Jessie got a little sick so she went back to the Jesus house for the night which left me alone for the night. I was initially slightly completely...