We have been doing door to door ministry in a place dubbed “The Flats” all week. It is a typically middle to high class group of what we would call condos in America. On Thursday, Andrea, Sarah-Jane and I were working as a group and were allowed into the home of a Sudanese family. The patriarch of the family was named David and he sat comfortably in his chair reading his Bible as we entered his abode. He graciously stood, shook each of our hands and offered us water, which we all declined. Clearing up first and foremost that they were not Ugandan, but rather Sudanese seemed to...

A little bit of an update from the Real Life Uganda team: God is moving in mighty ways out here in Uganda, both in the capitol city of Kampala, and in the northern Lira District. From doing door-to-door evangelism with our Ugandan brothers and sisters, to dancing ourselves to exhaustion at an open air “crusade,� the teams are doing everything they can to see God’s glory cover this land. While our bodies are not accustomed to this environment, and we cannot always handle the immense amount of carbohydrates being stuffed into our mouths (potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, rice,...

The cars rush past, I am terrified I will get hit by one. But my Ugandan friend assures me that I will not get hit, im not sure I believe him. This is the life in the big city of Kampala. It is very similar to any of the other large cities around the world except that they are speaking in Luganda and the driving is ALOT more crazy. It has such a feeling of adventure and livliness. Here you can find hamburger restaurants and knock-off watches. But not only that, but it has the feel of fast paced life with people rushing to and from work in suits. This is largely a contrast to the life...

what This week, I realized something. I was born American, raised American, and guess what: I think like an American. Coming into this, the last thing I expected was culture shock – but that’s exactly what I’ve been experiencing. I’ve had to check myself so many times with this litmus test: is it right, wrong, or just different? I’ve had to face my own arrogance and remember that I’m on their turf and they’ve welcomed me with open arms. I’ve caught myself thinking of how much this country would benefit from a more efficient way of doing...

This past week we traveled to Kabale, Uganda which is in the Southern part of Uganda very close to Rwanda. Or wake up time was usually around 7:00 a.m. but the beautiful part was that you never needed an alarm clock because you could rely on the blaring radio that played the world cup games 24//7.  Breakfast was next where we would have AMAZING Ugandan tea and bananas with bread and honey. After breakfast we would hop on the back of a "truck" (but let me tell you that this is not a flat bed truck I am talking about. Their "trucks" literally translate into what we...

”When Mezungos (white people) come here…people get saved. They see Jesus in incredible ways. You all are answers to our prayers…”–pastor James   If someone had told me this a month ago i probably would have laughed and shrugged it off. but to see the light in these peoples eyes when we walk into a hospital is astonishing.   This past Sunday we went to visit a hospital after attending the 6 am church service. me and 5 of my teammates walked into our second ‘wing’ of the hospital after praying over the infants and walked into a place of...