We climbed a mountain today, the same mountain we intended to climb last week. The wait was really worth it, and the experience didn't fail to measure up to the ideal in my mind. It took time, but not a very long time. I got some cuts and bruises, but that's all part of the territory. The top of the mountain gave a glorious panoramic view of the landscape, and if not for the vast amount of green we beheld, it seemed somewhat akin to the Valley's terra in Arizona. It was a very plesant experience, and a great way to spend the day off. I read through a bit of Job...

    It's been said, "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes then you just might find that you get what you need." Today has been an example of this saying.    Today is Monday, our team's day off, and as such a group of us elected to go climb a mountain near Gulu. Sadly, our van (affectionately dubbed Belinda by the girls) broke down not  1/4 mile from the hotel, causing a rerouting of plans forthe day. Amidst the aggrevation and realization that we would be climbing no mountain today and that our day off hardly felt...

This program was created to rip your heart out and tear it into tiny little pieces! Tomorrow is my last day in Lira, Uganda. I thought about writing a blog post about all of the great things God has done in just 4 short months. But every time I sit down to write it, I start crying. I was put together with 12 other people from all over the USA and Canada, forced to live with them for 4 months in a country where we're are only support system, then quickly torn apart! This is awful. I was going to end my blog there, but I then I remembered I wanted to ask something of all of you who are...

In Case You'd Forgotten…   In case you've become too comfortable with living in a third world country…   In case you had found it easy to live in northern Uganda where very few US dollars can still afford you a very affluent lifestyle in comparison to the majority of the population.   In case you'd forgotten that the country you are in has only recently come out of a 20 year war led by a mad man by the name of Joseph Kony…   These were the thoughts that went through my mind a few days ago when I heard….To read the rest please go to my...

if there is anything I have learned these past few months it's that I don't have much to offer people. I have very little money, I really don't have any practical skills, and my intelligence only goes so far. all I have is love, and thanks to God, I have an abundance. as I sat there rubbing little Gremma's back my hurt was aching. Gremma is an eleven (ish) year old sreet boy. thiss past Monday he showed up to Child Restoration Outreach higher than a kite on a windy day. he sat across from me and pulled the glue out of his pocket, it was painful to watch. this precious and...

a few weeks ago as I was sitting outside a hut on one of our Victory Outreach North days, a woman walking by holding a baby caught my eye. I walked over to greet her partially to be friendly but mostly just to marvel at her baby. Not long after exchanging names she thrusted her baby into my arms and insisted I take him. In that moment my heart went threw a million and three different ways I could possibly get that beautiful baby home with me. My brain quickly interrupted and reminded me that I was being completely unrealistic and it wasn't going to happen. Instead I would just love on...