Eternal Perspective Now that your vision has been broadened I want it to be extended. Though I don't like assigning a single word to an experience, freedom has been a theme on this trip. In each place we stay our hosts say to us "be free." What does this mean, how are we to be free? In Africa this is what freedom looks like to me. It means not having to take chai tea when it is offered. It means not having to eat the foot tall pile of rice on your plate. It means being able to pray for sick people and undesirables. Not drinking some tea might not seem like a big deal to you,...

    So July 1st was the one month anniversary for my team here in Africa. So far we have been in Musul, Kenya living in our tents, out in the bush without running water or electricity, doing house to house evangelism. Now we are in Rukungiri, Uganda working with an all boys school and a health clinic here in town. We hang out with the boys and disciple them. Then at the clinic we pray for patients and help with upkeep of the different wards.      These past 4 weeks have been absolutely amazing. Coming into this trip I knew the Lord was leading me in into a...

There we were sitting among 200 Africans in a tiny shop that barely fits 50 people, in the capital of Rwanda, Kigali, the sun was so hot I was sweating so much, flies landing on me every second, I was so close to the person next to me, I could feel the heat radiating from their body, and the ringing in the ear from Pastor Vanessia screaming in the microphone a language none of us could understand, but in that moment I could feel God’s presence.   But I almost missed it. I almost let God walk right past me.   That’s because I was focused on my own selfish desires, my...

At this time my team and I are safely in Rwanda and getting settled into our new home and ministry.  However, I felt like I wanted to share with you all one more blog about what God taught me during our last few days in Uganda.      When I thought about coming to Africa this summer I knew that God would teach me so much.  One of the main things I was expecting to learn was how thankful I would be for America after being out of my comfort zone for 2 months.  After spending a month and a half here, I have experienced the appreciation for home and comfort, but I...

I love to surprise people. I love keeping secrets in the name of surprises! I love to show people how much I love them by doing their laundry un-expectantly, baking them cookies at random, or even planning surprise scavenger hunts for them!   Here in Uganda we live in a FABULOUS house with our housekeeper, Seth. He is a 19 year old knock out! He helps us do EVERYTHING! (If anyone from the last Uganda team is reading this- thanks for teaching him how to make cookie dough! We are definitely going to get fat from all of the treats he’s helping us make! It’s way better than the...

Our team arrived in Rukungiri, Uganda about a week and a half ago. It has been awesome. We moved from tents to beds, from fetching water from a stream 20 minutes away to having showers and running water, and from being 3 and a half hours away from a small city to 3 minutes from a large town. Our ministry here is varied. Each morning we go to an all boys school to lead a devotion. Then we go to a clinic across town to pray for people there and help in any way we can. After that some of our team go teach at an elementary school, and others go back to the boys school to hang out and play...