I love dreams. I am not sure if this is something that I am going to grow out of or not, but at this point I can see myself waking up each morning as an old woman still pondering what I had dreamt about the night before. I also feel as though I can learn a lot from my dreams- whether they be from my subconscious or from God. This story starts with a dream. It was pretty simple: A bluish-purple butterfly came and landed on my nose and fluttered its wings, giving me a butterfly kiss. And while this was happening, God told me in the dream that I was His butterfly. I wouldn’t say I was...

Hey Family and Friends, I just want to let you know that the team is doing well. The internet has not been super reliable like we first thought in Malawi, but I have been in constant communication with the team leaders by phone. The team absolutely loves where they are, and especially their ministry host. They are loving where they are. And i literally hear nothing but greatness about this expedition team. They are constantly pushing and pursing more of the heart of God. It is incredible.  I have asked the leaders to make sure they get some of the blogs up as soon as they can, and they...

Every morning we wake up around 6:30am (sometimes earlier), have breakfast, and then start the chores of the day. The very first task that needs to be done is one of the most strenuous tasks. You wouldn’t assume this to be all that difficult, but fetching water for the day is actually a form of heavy physical labor. We are living in the hottest part of Malawi and our home sits on top of a hill that overlooks the villages below. Every morning we have to take buckets down the hill, make our way through one of the villages, get to the well, pump out the water, hike through the village...

Reading the book "kisses from Katie" while out on the field in Africa is dangerous, especially for me. For those who don't know what the book is about, it is an autobiography of a young woman named Katie. Around the end of her high school years she took a short mission trip to Uganda. There she totally fell in love, and ended up coming back after graduating to teach English for a year. Working with orphans she immediately felt called to do something about it. So that is when she started an organization called amazima ministries that sponsors kids so they can pay their school...

"Don't ask what the world needs but ask what makes you come alive, because the world needs people that are fully alive."   I never thought of this before. God wants us to live life and live it to the full. And the life He breathes into us isn't meant to be contained- it is meant to be channeled out. In actually contemplating this, these are powerful words. My team leader, Elizabeth, has been challenging me with the questions of 'What makes you come alive? What keeps you up at night and wakes you up in the morning? What is your passion?' She was referring to...

           Wow how I love Tanzania!     Ever since we crossed then border from Kenya to Tanzania I have been filled with joy. The bush was amazing and I learned so much especially about myself but something about being here in Moshi Tanzania just fills me with joy.       Maybe its the amazing home that we are staying in with beds and electricity, the beautiful landscape, the new types of ministry, our fresh fruit at every meal (tons or watermelon and bananas),the mamas that cook and do our laundry for us,...