This week was by far my favorite week so far! It’s been packed with playing with street kids, going to the orphanage and hospital, cooking, cleaning, etc. And it’s been so great. If you know me at all, I’m most definitely not a morning person…especially 5:30 in the morning. But I’ve started loving mornings here. The walk to church in the dark, the beautiful African sunrise, and the precious time with Jesus… The joy of the Lord strengthens me and I soak up the time spent praying and seeking the Lord. I know I will need those moments throughout the day to...

6/26/12 Today was our first day of ask the Lord ministry. Yesterday when me and Kim were at the internet cafe we ran into a guy Ken who works at Mama’s Orphanage and spoke to him. So I got his card to contact him since I knew we had the week to go and do what ministry we felt called to. So I thought that was a sign from God that I should go to the orphanage. After morning glory we took time individually to pray and ask God what ministry we should do today, where we should go, who we should talk to. When I was praying I kept getting eyes, eyeballs, blind. I didn’t know what...

So I didn't plan on writing about this but here goes nothin'.  I had a really interesting conversation the other day with Pastor Charles. He was talking about the differences between the way that westerners view God and the way that Africans do. In America, the general population seems to really resonate with God's love. The first thing an American will tell someone when talking about Christ is how much He loves them and what He did for them. That is not the same with Africans. Don't get me wrong, they love their Father's love, it's just not what they so...

What if you have to drop out of college because your parents tell you they simply cannot afford it anymore? What if you don't get what you expected out of a husband or wife? Or what if God tells you that you will not get married? What if God only gives you enough to survive on for your entire life? Will you still be obedient to God? Habakkuk tells us a dialog between God and his people as they cry out to Him about the injustive they see in the world. "How long, O Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, "Violence!" but you do not save?"...

Hey everyone!   I've been in Busia about 2 weeks. I can't even put into words this place. But it's incredible! We wake up every morning at 5:30am to go to the church and pray as a team and with other church members. We wear headlamps because its still dark! Little children run out of their huts yelling 'Mzungu!' (foriegner). They are precious. We walk to church – trying not to get run over by bikes and buses, but I cant tell you how many times I've almost been hit ha. Soon after prayer the children from the school next to the church come out to...

This past week we have been doing hospital visits in the afternoon from 4 to 6. When we started on Tuesday it was a brand new experience for me. My challenges were knowing what to say, accepting that I cannot do anything on my own because God is in control and will chose to heal to not to heal. I also struggled with feeling not needed because I am inexperienced and I don't speak swahili.  I also struggled with the ability to read the facial expressions of the Africans, my first day I didn’t see any happiness or hope in their faces, even when one woman asked Christ into her...