After many months waiting, I have finally arrived in Uganda!!! The flights were long and I wasn't able to finish one movie between the food we were brought, the conversations I had, and the cat naps I took, but we have made it to Uganda. Last week, I arrived at training camp and met the ten other amazing people I would be spending the summer with. Our first challenge: build a shelter with two tarps and sleep under what we have built. The rest of the days at training camp then helped us all spiritually build a foundation for the summer. Building relationships the first few days of...

Oliotia! My name is Yakobo.   We've made it to Africa! It has been an experience filled with profound encounters with God. Training camp brought exposure to the divine and unified our team incredibly fast. I am now part of a family with some of the most loving children of God I have ever known.   Random updates: the flight took about twenty hours (one of the flights had incredible food), I'm experiencing a dichotomy between my sleep-deprived body and my enflamed spirit, and I genuinely miss coffee. We haven't done much actual work, but yesterday we were able to go to...

Stephen is 9 years old. He is shown here with a picture of my brother, who is about the same age. He wanted to know what boys look like in the US. Stephen is dying of AIDS. Please pray for Stephen this week. 

At home, I’m a champ at doing laundry.  I’m great at sorting lights from reds from darks.  I’m usually really good at remembering to put detergent in the washing machine.  I rarely forget to take my clothes out of the washer to put them into the dryer.  Ok, so maybe I’m not a champ, but I’m certainly not bad at it.  I mean, no one has ever corrected me on how to do laundry.     There are no washing machines where we’re staying.  We do our laundry in buckets with powder detergent.  The detergent we bought...

At home, I’m a champ at doing laundry.  I’m great at sorting lights from reds from darks.  I’m usually really good at remembering to put detergent in the washing machine.  I rarely forget to take my clothes out of the washer to put them into the dryer.  Ok, so maybe I’m not a champ, but I’m certainly not bad at it.  I mean, no one has ever corrected me on how to do laundry.     There are no washing machines where we’re staying.  We do our laundry in buckets with powder detergent.  The detergent we bought...

At home, I’m a champ at doing laundry.  I’m great at sorting lights from reds from darks.  I’m usually really good at remembering to put detergent in the washing machine.  I rarely forget to take my clothes out of the washer to put them into the dryer.  Ok, so maybe I’m not a champ, but I’m certainly not bad at it.  I mean, no one has ever corrected me on how to do laundry.     There are no washing machines where we’re staying.  We do our laundry in buckets with powder detergent.  The detergent we bought...