Hey bloggies! So, I've been in Uganda for five days now, and it's been … interesting. Before I left training camp I was told what to expect, and that there is not usually a good explanation for why it happened except for "this is Africa." I have found this to be very, very true. Every day we've gone to do a ministry, it hasn't worked out. Yesterday we waited for nearly two hours for our van to pick us up, the morning before that we went to do a prison ministry to be told it was moved to next week, and the day before that an orphan ministry, only to be told...

Yesterday we had plans to do door to door ministry with one of the pastors from our contact church, but as usual in Africa, our plans were thrown off when we got to the church and found that Pastor James had decided to go out of town for the day. Upon this discovery, we just prayed and asked God what we should do, and we decided to go without Pastor James. On this journey, God led us to a nursery school called Happy Times where we met the director, who was strangely excited to see us. He began to tell us about his dream for the school. He had left his hometown to move to Lira and follow...

Hey everyone who knows someone on the Uganda team! Just letting you know that the team is safe and having a great time here in Lira, Uganda!  The people here are so friendly, and it's been a blessing to be served by and serve along side them.  Yesterday, we had a great time playing games with children, and today, we got to experience a very early African church service! The rest of the team will be posting blogs throughout the week so be on the lookout for those!

On Friday morning, I got up feeling very anxious. I was trembling, pacing, short of breath, not sure what I was doing. In strong need of comfort. During these last three or four days, I felt the voice of Christ giving me words of comfort. All day yesterday I kept hearing, “You are strong,” “You are like a like a fierce, strong, warrior, just waiting to come out.” These words have stuck my heart. I starting to feel strength and power flood through my veins. Lord, I am a warrior and will always fight for you.  Tomorrow as I leave for the country of Uganda, I will keep...

   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,...

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...