Cockroaches, Chicken, Children, Cola, and Church Well my friends,  this is Africa, TIA… Cockroaches- lots of them. Chickens- we’ve slaughtered them, not killed them. Yes, there’s a difference. Children- too cute. Cola- coke keeps me chuggin. Church-  we’re working with the Deliverance Church of Tororo in Uganda. Today, I gave the sermon.  It proved to be challenging communicating with a translator. But hey, all praise and glory to God!! Ministry thus far has been predominantly door to door evangelizing, and prayer.  It seems to by the best way to...

It has been a crazy but amazing ride so far. God has really been working in and through me and my team. We arrived in Uganda on the 17th. When we first got there we ended up just sleeping in our tents at local hostel. Then the next day we got to go white water rafting in the Nile River. That was such an amazing experience. Seeing the beautiful landscape of Africa. was really crazy was just as we would go down the river just seeing the people on the side of the river bank, seeing the kids and and their homes. Its crazy to think that there are people who really do live their lives like...

Finally seeing how dreadfully slow this internet actually is here makes me question how lengthy my blogs will end up being, but oh well…here goes nothing. So we are in Africa. WHAT?! To say it hasn’t hit me yet would be a lie. I think that time truly passed when I woke up to the sound of monkeys everywhere, and then there was really no escaping the reality of it once we came in sight of the Nile. Not only did we marvel at it, we rafted down it! How many 18 year old girls can say that? Probably not many more than the ones on this trip. Anyway, I guess I should begin diving into...

Habari! I’ve been looking forward to blogging all week because of the excitement of sharing some of the amazing adventures I’ve already had here in Africa.  So far I’ve rafted the Nile, which I think is maybe one of the coolest things I will ever be able to claim to my name. It was slightly terrifying , but incredibly invigorating. Right now my team and I are sleeping in a school.  We do door to door ministry daily, but have also done children and discipleship seminars. The people of Uganda are wonderful. They are heartbreakingly welcoming, and have already...

This is Africa.    “I am the Lord your God, who teaches what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go” -Isaiah 48:17   Beautiful Uganda, my heart beats for you. When people see poverty, I see prosperity. When people see brokenness, I see hope. When people see sickness, I see restoration. When people see starvation, I see abundance. When people see darkness, I see Jesus.    And so my heart continues to beat for the lost ones.   As we travel from village to village, people encouragingly welcome us into their huts and we tell...

HELLOOOOO AMERICA! Just a little about my time since ive been in Africa!! Not even the second day we got to africa we got to go white water rafting down the Nile River which was absolutely amazingggg!!! then we stayed at an awesome hostile that was so gorgeous and at the hostile i got to bungee jump over the nile which was so incredibly scary but so funnnn!!!! we then took a bus ride to Tororo where we are stayinggg! our first stay as been at a school in malaba which is really nice, we havent even had to stay in tents yetttt. we have meet pastor david, john, and daniel who are so nice...