We are officially finished with training camp! In four short days, our team has grown into a family; I'm so very excited to spend the next four months with these beautiful people! Only God could have orchestrated a team of  16 deferent personalities into such a tight knit crew.   In two days I will officially be in Uganda! I am so excited to see what God has in store. I know that crazy things will happen and my life will be completely changed, I am expecting an outpouring of the holy spirit. Having the privilege to spread love over a whole town is a privilege i will...

But God just has a different direction for my blog today. So I apologize if any of ya’ll were looking forward to that. Ha. I’ve always thought I was being called to Africa to minister to the people of Africa. That would make sense, right? But throughout a month of being here I’ve realized that’s not why God sent me to Africa. Obviously I’m ministering to the people of Africa, and I will continue to, and continue to pray that BIG things happen within these people. BUT. My sole purpose of being here is to minister to my team-mates. Which is so weird to me. I’ve...

   Hello everyone… I am alive and well. Friday morning at 7 am we got dropped off at the airport to begin our journey to Uganda. Things went a little like this: -chilled at the airport all day until our flight left at 3 pm -arrived in Amsterdam at 5:30 am (their time) -hopped on a train and went downtown Amsterdam during our layover -got on another plane and flew into Nairobi around 8:15 pm Saturday -Stayed overnight in Nairobi & went to the bus stop around 3 pm Sunday to head to Uganda -waited… and waited… and waited. 9 pm got on a bus.  -arrived at the...

I have been gone for just over a week and I miss the comforts of my home. I miss my family, my friends, food anytime I want, and especially HOT SHOWERS! But even though I miss all that, there’s not a place in the entire world I would rather be. I love this place, and yesterday was just my first day in Lira. I can’t wait to see what God has in store for the rest of our trip.   We have experienced 16 hours on a plane, 5 hours waiting at a bus station, and over 31 hours of bus travel on roads that would send you flying out of your seat every few seconds. But my personal favorite...

"There's no place I'd rather be than here in your love". These are the lyrics I was listening to monday morning. As I sit on my bed, swaying side to side, thriving in pain from a burning sensation in my stomach, tiered from being sick all night, worshiping the Lord because there was really nothing else I could do; tears began to stream down my face. My teammates asked what was wrong and I somehow blubbered out, "I'm just so happy". Now that's a funny thing for a person to say when they're suffering from "the malaria". But I was. I didn't...

Wow. Only a week left in Lira. So crazy.  I don't think I'll ever get used to the fact that I'm in Africa…it definitely doesn't seem like we've been here for almost 4 months. At all. It has become apparent, however, how much Africa is messing with my ability to act in a way that is socially acceptable. I've realized how drastically less awkward I feel interacting with people here. And for a while this made me feel better about myself, but upon further examination, I've realized that this is mostly just because Africans don't really think anything is...