Author: Adventures

To the numerous Ugandans we nearly hit we were little more than a big blue blur going way too fast. We were on our way to the war torn town of Gulu traveling as a group of 35 in the back of a truck with all of our equipment underneath us and around us. Gulu is a place that has spent more than twenty years being trapped in the middle of a rebel war. Its children have been kidnapped and brainwashed, scarring them for life and begging the attention of international aid agencies.   The ride to Gulu is a memory just begging to be written about. We may have been a blur to those we met along...

   After a long day of ministering to High Schools we were debriefing as a team and everyone was feeling a little overwhelmed and little discouraged. Then in walks three little girls dressed in their school uniforms and one sits down right beside me. I didn’t think much of it at the time but then she but her hand on my knee and smiled up at me while we were praying. Any worries or struggles of the trip were erased and I knew God sent Adokoochmocc to me to show his love and brighten my spirits. She didn’t speak much English but we communicated just the same. We...

Hey everyone!  This past week and a half in Uganda may be the most amazing week I have had in my life.  God has done so much already and I know he will continue to do so. When we first got here we came to the capital city of Kampala. Then after a day of planning we set on our way to Gulu a area about 7 hours north. We went there with a team from a local church that is near Kampala. Everyone we went with was amazing and these people are so on fire for the Lord. When we got to Gulu we started going to different schools having song and dances and dramas as well as preaching the...

Uganda is more. More than everything I expected. More beautiful. More heartbreaking. More glorious, and more challenging. I came here to do one thing: love on people. Build relationships with the forgotten, the lonely, the poor, and the broken. And I’ve been blessed to be able to do that every single day since we got here.   The days are all starting to run together, but there’s one afternoon we had here that I won’t forget. We’ve been doing school outreach every day, and at a primary school in Gulu we had a bunch of free time and a  bunch of restless...

12. Beans and rice. 11. Packing 35 people – plus luggage and equipment – in a 6-wheeler “refugee” truck for a 6 hour (African time) trek north 10. Watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S episodes on our refugree truck ride 9. Don’t sell your heart for pork! 8. Set time to leave: 9am…actual time of departure: 12pm 7. African obstacle course: behemoth ants, cows, goats, and mudslides…nuff said! 6. Nature peein off the middle of the highway 5. Squatty potties are a way of life! 4. Teeth-brushin with water bottles 3. Freezing cold, 5-drops-at-a-time showers with...

This past week our team paired up with a group of about 20 locals from Bugolobi Church here in Kampala and went down to Gulu to do school ministries. When I think of being a missionary the first thing that comes to mind is people going overseas, or of the typical white people going to third world countries, so it was kind of a shock when I found out we would be tagging along with this team on their missions trip. The way they did things may have been different then what we are used to, or how we would have done them, but it was just so amazing to take a step back and watch them share Jesus...