Author: Adventures

Fact : the Lion King is based out of South Africa, not Kenya. Fail! But, there is actually swahili in it. Hakuna Matata does actually mean No Worries. and Rafiki means friend. Lol     Jambo! I hope this blog finds all my friends, family, and readers well (: Let me begin by telling you just how much this little Mzungo misses America. But my heart just BLEEDS umpendo (love) in Kenya. We are currently in Bungoma, Kenya which is relatively close to the Uganda border, however, Kenya and Uganda are NOTHING alike. Kenyans are a lot taller. And they speak much better English. And the...

Here I sit in an internet café in Uganda, knowing this is my last day in this country.  Whenever we walk down the street, the children yell or sing, “Bye, mzungu!”  “Mzungu” is the word they use here for any foreigner- or white person. I don’t think I will ever get sick of their little voices telling us goodbye and as we actually leave Uganda, I take their sweet faces with me. The Lord has taught me so much in the past few weeks; I am so grateful! I came to Africa Expecting to have my heart broken and to share God’s love with those who...

Today is our last day in Uganda and it seems like the time has flown by.  God has blessed our team in so many ways .  He has kept his promises to us and shown Himself to be a good God.  Our work here has not been in vain and many people have turned their lives over to author and perfecter of our faith Jesus Christ.  The biggest thing that you can be praying for is that the new believers get plugged into the Christian community and people are there to disciple them and help them grow in their faith.  So my two good Uganda friends and I went to this dirty river and...

My last week in Uganda has been a good one. The pastors little girls, Debrah and Rachel, have been so fun and even the little toddler, Gloria, has been coming out of her shell to get to know me. It is such a blessing to be with such an amazing family, and it is definitely bittersweet leaving this place. As I leave Uganda, I leave relationships that I have made with families, brothers, sisters, and little ones. I have given my email out countless times, but it is still tough to leave these people.  Yesterday the men of our group took a walk up this mountain where we had to climb to get...

Uganda, initially a crazy country and very unexpected. When I think of Africa, I think of broken and lost people, without food, money and shelter. Now at the end of our stay, I can see how real these people are. Looking at them, they aren’t lost, this is their life and they don’t know any different. My world, and my teams world have really been rocked while being here.   Our host family have been incredible and gracious servants of the lord. Who in America would take in 16 college students into a tiny African house without having running water or even a stove to cook our 3...