Author: Adventures

This mission trip has been amazing!! I wanted to share something that God has shown me and laid on my heart. I have always known that God hears people’s prayers and answers them, but it wasn’t until this trip when God really showed me He hears and answers MY prayers. Before coming to Uganda, I was answering questions that people in my church had. Someone from my youth group asked me, “What is your biggest fear?” Automatically I answered, “Not being able to fulfill God’s will for my life.” I had been praying for months that God would give me...

Here in Uganda, our team is easily spotted. A group of 18 white girls is a sight to see here. We hear, “Mzungu, mzungu!” everywhere we go. When we come back home, it may be strange at first to not be called at, waved to, or hear honking horns everywhere we go. Not to sound praise seeking, but I don’t want to lose that attention and recognition when I return to the States. However, I don’t want to be recognized for being a mzungu- I want people to notice me because I am a follower of Christ. I want to reflect Christ’s love, compassion, mercy, and forgiveness...

“Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children” Matt 19:14   I never knew I could fall so in love with such a broken country. From the red soil and beautiful hills to the trash piles and crowded streets, I have fallen completely and totally in love with Uganda. I know I am called to serve here, and more specifically serve the children. We have been teaching at schools and visiting orphanages and I just want to bring all of the kids home with me! It amazes me how they can come from total brokenness...

Happiness is something we all strive for whether it is in our friends, family, money, music or many other things. But Pure Joy can only be found in on one place. The kind of happiness that never fails, it never ends, and it never leaves. In Africa I found that pure joy. This whole time I relied on others to make me happy. I thought the more things I had the happier I would become; I had fallen into the temptations of this world and had started to believe what the media has tried to teach us all: the more you have, the happier you will be. When I got here the first thing I noticed was the...