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Let Me be Free to be Lovely

June 12, 2011
Adventures
Admissions

Sitting in the Atlanta airport, sipping my final Starbuck's iced-soy-mocha-with-an-extra-shot-and-less-ice-and-a-pump-of-coconut for the next two months, I turned around to witness a little girl dancing on a row of airport chairs in front of a massive window facing the plane. Smiling to myself, I envied the freedom she had, to twirl and flounce about, on her own stage, knowing she was lovely. What if I, 19-year-old Betsy decided to dance on airport chairs, simply to display how lovely I am? It certainly would not be greeted with the same smiles, turned heads, and...

Freedom Brings Shalom

Oliotia! My name is Yakobo. We've made it to Africa! It has been an experience filled with profound encounters with God. Training camp brought exposure to the divine and unified our team incredibly fast. I am now part of a family with some of the most loving children of God I have ever known. Random updates: the flight took about twenty hours (one of the flights had incredible food), I'm experiencing a dichotomy between my sleep-deprived body and my enflamed spirit, and I genuinely miss coffee. We haven't done much actual work, but yesterday we were able to go to...

Building Foundations

After many months waiting, I have finally arrived in Uganda!!! The flights were long and I wasn't able to finish one movie between the food we were brought, the conversations I had, and the cat naps I took, but we have made it to Uganda. Last week, I arrived at training camp and met the ten other amazing people I would be spending the summer with. Our first challenge: build a shelter with two tarps and sleep under what we have built. The rest of the days at training camp then helped us all spiritually build a foundation for the summer. Building relationships the first few days of...

T….I….EH!

June 10, 2011
Adventures
General Posts

Sorry for not having a picture to go with this, my camera isn't with me and I don't feel like getting it. lol. I haven't looked at the other blogs yet, so sorry if i repeat some stuff. We arrived arrived wednesday night via Amsterdam and Kigali, Rwanda, landing in Entebbe late at night. We arrived at "Jesus House," where we're staying, which is in kampala, and we drive to Kyampisi (champ-ee-see) during the week. The driveway is VERY steep, and it took us like 3 tries to get out onto the road, but only after everyone got out to lighten the weight. lol. They have a...

Finally.. end of lesson.

June 10, 2011
Adventures
Reflections

A few months ago a good friend of mine (shout out Stephanie Hicks) told me a few times "God is faithful" I told her I wasn't really in the mood to learn that lesson. She continued to tell me "God is faithful" every day at least once for a few weeks. Well let me tell you now. God is faithful. No matter how many times I doubted what he had for me, He was faithful to show me His plan. It all started with the ministry. About six months ago I looked around for somewhere to go for the summer and I found this place called "Kyampisi Children Ministries" and I...

Freedom

June 9, 2011
Adventures
Reflections

Freedom. As Americans freedom is a word we toss around with out much thought. It doesn’t have a whole lot of meaning to us outside of the fact that we are free, that our ancestors defeated the English winning us our independence. But free from what? Free to live our lives as we please? Yes, but free from fear? From guilt? Do we really have the freedom to do what we believe is right? Or are we trapped in our own prisons of fear. The fear of trying something but failing....

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