From the moment I first got on a plane leaving New Mexico to head to my training camp in Atlanta to the moment I stepped onto the plane that would bring me back home to New Mexico…I had the same vision of how I would look back on this trip. I imagined the surrealness and confusion, the "what just happened?" feeling in my heart. I (like a teammate whose blog I just read) felt like this whole experience would seem as if it had been one long dream. That it would feel as though it only existed in my imagniation, or maybe it wouldn't feel like it existed at all. I imagined...

For as long as I can remember Africa has been my goal.  Actually being here has been monumental in my life.  It has been such a huge dream for me, and looking back on the last two months almost feels like one–a dream.  Like it happened in a split second, or not at all.  It’s really the weirdest feeling coming to the realization that I did just spend two months in three of the most beautiful countries in Africa.  That it wasn’t a dream, but a reality.  And as I get on that plane to head home tomorrow night, I will be leaving such a large part...

We have about 18 days left until we’re all home again. 18. I don’t know how I feel about that.   Don’t get me wrong –I can’t wait to once again meet up with hamburgers, ice cream, hot showers and my family and friends. And I know that is the consensus of the team. But at the same time, I’ve lived my whole life dreaming of holding African babies, helping them for the sake of my Savior, and this place has offered so much more than that. There has not been one day here that hasn’t taught me something, humbled me, poured into me and/or allowed me...

I didn’t know what to name my blog so I named it after this little red knock of Nike hat that i bought.  I also bought a university of Michigan t shirt here in Kenya.  It is a blast to go into the market area and shop around and bargain for stuff and talke with the locals.  Last time we were in town we walked by a fish stand and we all lost it it smelled so bad we had to evacuate the area.  On our off day we traveled to this huge amazing crazy waterfall thing and that was a blast.  There is just no time here when it isn’t worthwhile to be here. The...

One of my greatest struggles in this life, and especially as a believer in Christ, is that I have a deep desire for things to be “clean.”  I want everything to come in a neat package, issues resolved, ready to just be enjoyed. This is most evident in me when I examine my own life…I have told many of my friends I just want any issues I have to be completely resolved, to be done. I don’t enjoy the process of fixing. I’d just like to skip ahead to the resolution. Here I would love to simply encounter someone hungry and make sure that they are always well...

Sometimes, God does so many incredible things in you and through you that all you can do is drop to your knees in humble adoration. Sometimes, God works in you so deep that it’s all you can do to accept his teaching and movements in your heart. The next two weeks in Kenya are going to be falling alot into the latter category for me.   In Uganda, I was nearly overwhelmed by the leaps and bounds God was growing me. And I was totally overwhelmed by some of the things God did with me. I was challenged, to be sure, in Uganda, but I was mostly being challenged by my outward...