Author: Adventures

note: this is Abby on Megan’s profile … still lost my password 🙂   This week in Moshi has really flown by, I can’t believe that our time here is almost over…. and that a week from today we’ll be leaving East Africa for America. As I was thinking about this the other day, I had my head in my lap and was looking at my (mosquito-bitten) feet. God started to help me think back on all the places He’s taken these feet this summer. Playing tag with kids in Kwapa (the bush) Uganda, to the busy streets of Tororo, up hills and on top of rocks to watch the...

Two or three days ago we were at an orphanage just lovin’ on some kids. There was one girl in particular, Jenifer, who never said a word but just wanted to be held. I was sitting on these tiny, wooden chairs, squished between two tables, and this girl would not leave my lap for anything. I tried to get her to smile, but she wouldn’t. Finally, I just started praying that she would just fall asleep. God kept giving me images of girls who have been raped and sexually abused, and I knew there was a really good possibility this 7 year old had experienced that. So I prayed that she...

  These past few weeks in Moshi, Tanzania, God has been taking me through so many incredible life lessons. One of the biggest ways He’s been teaching me is through an interactive journal I have called Qualities of a Spiritual Warrior by Graham Cooke. A lot of what I am about to share is directly from Cooke’s book, and I hope the story of my encounter with this lesson will bless and encourage you. The most recent lesson I’ve been going through with the Lord during my time at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro is the concept of defeating fear in our lives. Fear can surface in...

If I’m being completely honest, the thought of blogging everything that has been happening on this trip is really overwhelming. How can I articulate what it was like to live with the Maasai? How can I communicate the miracles I’ve seen? How the Holy Spirit has led this team? But if there’s one theme that has presented itself over and over again, it is the faithfulness of our Father. I’m gonna go ahead and just throw a couple instances out there and you can see for yourself how awesome God’s power is… We were going door to door out in the Kenyan bush (it...

Something as unique and special as entering the home of a Maasai warrior as a special guest seems trivial to me now. All I see are people. People who are lost and looking for a way home to God. The farther away you get from home, the closer it is I feel to what was left behind; the more people of worldly cultures I meet only goes to paint on portrait displaying the unity of humanity. No, God is not transforming my worldview but rather showing me clearly what was always in front of my eyes.   We are the same.   Knowledge of this does not come from books of man and careful study,...

There in life lies a path for all of us to walk. Mine has begun just in recent years. God’s good plans have become visible to my eyes now as understanding of the Holy Spirit’s workmanship becomes stronger. Christ has given me faith and I faithfully trust him; I want to follow his leadership like that of John the Baptist. John being a man who doubted even the Son of Man responded to his call and served God. I respond now to my call. My call is to listen and follow; to carry my cross where directed.   Oh why does evil come into your house oh Lord? It corrupts even your church...