next month i will be traveling to uganda,africa for a week!!!
how did this happen?? so glad u asked ;)
one summer long ago (3 yrs.) i was a camp counselor at winshape (in GA) and had the privledge of meeting a woman, katie, she was on staff and i was blessed we got to do life together for 3 months :)
since camp we stayed in contact via fb-- and a couple wks ago she sent me a message about how she was doing and mentioned she had gone to uganda a few times and had fallen in love with the ppl/orphans there and that she was going back in march, "wanna go?" ha just like that :) umm yes please...
so i thought about it/prayed about it for a couple days- i got this message on jan.16th and she asked that i tell her by jan.22nd...no big deal ;)
i also told a couple friends about it just to get their feedback/prayers-- but i just had a feeling that yes, this was something i was supposed to do :)
one of the friends i told about this trip was so intrigued that he actually will be going to- which is awesome!!
what we will do:
school will be in session so we will be playing with children, helping feed them, possibly teaching like PE class, helping in different classrooms, helping cook, hanging out at rebecca's home with their 12 children and the rest of thier staff. Doing projects around their home as well. LOVING ON ORPHANS! making them feel special and just doing life with them.
rebecca is the founder of "my father house" a non-profit, mission based ministry.
it's hard to really wrap my mind around the fact that in a little over a month this is really going to happen. looking at katie's pictures and reading her notes from her trip brings tears to my eyes. what a humbling experience- to actually be the hands and feet of jesus- to love on his children and share life with them :) ahh
i ask for ur prayers through this time of preparation. i have no idea what to expect but i know god is faithful and i am excited to what god has in store!!
more to come...
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