This weekend has been exhausting, exhilirating, exciting, and insanely fun.  Training camp has been a roller coaster of emotions for myself and my teammates.  I have made 14 beautiful friends who I cannot wait to spend the next four months with, and I have witnessed God's presence multiple times.  We have been doing everything, from running around downtown Atlanta on a Friday night to role-playing a tribe encounter.  We have heard many testimonies from previous participants, and we have been educated on our destination's culture and traditions.  At the...

AHH i am being stretched like a gumby doll..God's been pulling me out of my comfort zone more than i would have ever imagined and were not even in Africa yet! He has made me so close to Him, making me know who i am in Him! My prayer life has never been this strong. i camp to camp expecting to stand there singing worship songs instead i find myself in the presence of Him….MAN AND WERE NOT EVEN IN AFRICA YET!!

I am writing this blog from the Atlanta airport, which has seemed to be my home for the past two days.  Yesterday, my whole team and I were supposed to fly out of Atlanta to Amsterdam at 5:30 pm.  I was so excited to finally get to leave for Kenya and to begin ministry there.  After spending the entire day at the airport ( a wonderful day, full of conversation, laughter, and anticipation), we arrived at the gate, brimming with excitement. It was there that we found out that the airline had overbooked the flight, and 7 out of the 14 people on our team didn't have a seat on...