Hey everybody,               I am posting this on Tuesday, January 18, 2011, after the fourth day of Adventures in Mission Real Life Training.  I will be posting a blog on a weekly basis, and will be using I to share my experiences on the mission field in Africa.  Training camp has been a very interesting experience for me.  When my flight landed in Atlanta, we went to a homeless shelter in the city.  There we unloaded our stuff, and then set off on a first night of ministry; street-evangelism to the homeless...

I’ve never been through something that pushes me so much mentally, spiritually, and sometimes even physically.  Let me hear it, Team Uganda!  There’s no way I was the only one panting with a heart pounding as we lugged all of our baggage through the streets of Atlanta from the airport to the safe house.  Then as we discovered every humanly way to push, shove, and drag our suitcases up the side of a snowy mountain to our cabin.   Back on track, training camp has not given me a break.  The leaders and staff here are constantly finding new ways to make me...

      Training camp has been a good experience, but the best times I have had in the last few days is when I get alone with God. The first night we slept in a homeless shelter after spending a few hours out on the streets on Atlanta doing ministry. On Sunday we traveled to camp where we have had great times of worship and teaching. It has been fun to get to know my team and I am excited to see what God will do through and in us- all for his glory! We are leaving tomorrow morning for the airport!!!!!!! In Christ, Kaitlyn Joy

At one of our sessions Jimmy  was talking about how some of us have probably come to a point already where we are completely freaked out and have no idea what we’ve gotten ourselves into. He used the analogy of snow skiing and getting on the chair lift to get to the top of the mountain and that’s the time we realize that this is “the point of no return”. In order to get to the bottom of the mountain, you just have the ski down. But when you’re standing at the top you immediately regret this decision and feel completely unprepared for this. Maybe this is...