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Poem: There is Hope

March 26, 2011
Adventures
Poetry

There is Hope Trembling in Your presence My breaths are deep My breaths are quick On my knees I cry I hear a steady voice In my unsteady mind In my unsteady heart I hope that it’s You “There is hope” There is hope There is hope Hope for something I’m not sure of He lay there silently His chest rising His chest falling Eyes sealed shut Is there really hope? Is it hope for his earthly life? Is it hope for his eternal life? Is this really the end? On my face before You Tears are falling from my eyes Screams are escaping my mouth How can this be happening? A strong sense...

“I like big butts and I cannot lie (minus the “I like” part)”

March 26, 2011
Adventures
General Posts

There are some things you do not expect to happen to you when you’re in Africa. I mean, you do your best to prepare yourself. You warn yourself mentally for the dirty surroundings, the cold showers, the extra large bugs, and even the squatty potties. You say in repetition in order to practice for the tasks ahead, “It is just their culture. It is just their culture. It is just their culture.” Needless to say, all attempts, as well intentioned as they are, aren’t even in the same ball park as the awkwardness of the moments that...

African Kids are Way too Cute!!!

March 26, 2011
Adventures
Life on the Field

African kids are just way too cute!!! I just want to give all of them a huge hug. They are just so stinken adorable. Here are just a few of my favorite pictures. Beware… they might just steal your heart like they did mine!

To Be A Child

March 25, 2011
Adventures
Reflections

To be a child: To be a child around the world is different than you may think of a childhood. Some people think of Childhood as the best times of their lives but for some or should I say many they are involved in these six areas: And each one starts off with this To Be a Child: 1. is to Live in Aids, Watch parents die of Aids and be born with Aids. 2. is to live on the streets.. Just a bit of statistics is that 100 million children live on the streets and are abused, neglected, and/ or live in poverty. Poverty being less than 2 dollars a day. 3. is to work. "Child...

Slowly Disappearing

March 25, 2011
Adventures
Reflections

This week we were able to go on hospital visits and each day we would visit a different ward and pray and speak some life into those patients and families. Now, hospitals here in Africa (well at least in these smaller towns) are much different than those in America. Here, the family basically feeds the patients and helps them bathe and everything. There is no air conditioning or separate rooms- everyone is basically in the same room and the babies there are on beds just like the adults are. The hospital here is much nicer than the one at our last ministry site. Anyways...

Doors and Crusades

March 25, 2011
Adventures
General Posts

We have now been here in Busia for about 2 weeks and it is much different than at our first ministry site. First of all, all of us 9 girls are sharing the same room J and all 13 of us are sharing one shower and 1 ï¿½ toilets. You can say that we are finally starting to understand more and more of what it means to live in actual community. World Race groups and a Real Life group have been here before in Busia and they have prepared the way for us! People here are hungry for God and even though the spiritual atmosphere here is dark and we are feeling the...

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