Ahhh, change.
Change is good. And I better get used to it. I'm going to Africa after all! ;)
Today I got a call from my short term facilitator with AIM, and there are some changes. My leave date has been pushed back to October 18, which means I have a little more time to get all my ducks in a row! I guess God knows I'm a procrastinator-but who doesn't? ;)
The other change is my length of time gone. The plan is to be back in the USA on July 6. This worked better for the orphanage.
I kind of forgot what my purpose is in Uganda. My purpose is to love on the people there, serving them in the name of Jesus. Instead, a lot of my prep, a lot of my expectations, have come from a place of what will satisfy my needs, my work experience. So I'm turning a new leaf. Exploring a new way to view this opportunity. I'm there to love those kids. I'm there to love the staff. And I'm there to love the people of Jinja, Uganda.
So, I'll be around a while longer. Maybe even long enough to see a Colorado snowfall :)
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Slowly Falling Into Place
Hello to my 8 followers ;)
Time is FLYING by! It is possible, in just over one month, I could be in AFRICA. Whoa. Trippy!
I finally have complete, go ahead, all systems go, we have liftoff, for a teammate!!!! For those of you who know me well, I don't really want to do anything alone, so I am so SO thankful to have my teammate Meredith along! She is also a new nursing grad, but I am comforted to know that even with our lack of practical experience, God can still use us, and we can still go through this adventure together :) I'm so glad God knows me well and I get to have a partner!
The major thing standing in my way is funding. I am at about 33% of my fundraising goal. This is a scary place to be, but I have lately been encouraged about stories of miracles from God. Bringing possible out of the hopeless situations. It is good to be reminded (over and over and over again!) that He is in control.
Please pray (pray for funding :) also for my departure from the airport at the end of September. I am afraid I will be a blubbering mess, and leaving my family and the familiar will be hard enough without me sobbing all over DIA. So, I am asking you to please pray that I, and my family! be filled with excitement instead of fear.
Thanks for your support-I could not do this alone. May God get all the glory :)
Time is FLYING by! It is possible, in just over one month, I could be in AFRICA. Whoa. Trippy!
I finally have complete, go ahead, all systems go, we have liftoff, for a teammate!!!! For those of you who know me well, I don't really want to do anything alone, so I am so SO thankful to have my teammate Meredith along! She is also a new nursing grad, but I am comforted to know that even with our lack of practical experience, God can still use us, and we can still go through this adventure together :) I'm so glad God knows me well and I get to have a partner!
The major thing standing in my way is funding. I am at about 33% of my fundraising goal. This is a scary place to be, but I have lately been encouraged about stories of miracles from God. Bringing possible out of the hopeless situations. It is good to be reminded (over and over and over again!) that He is in control.
Please pray (pray for funding :) also for my departure from the airport at the end of September. I am afraid I will be a blubbering mess, and leaving my family and the familiar will be hard enough without me sobbing all over DIA. So, I am asking you to please pray that I, and my family! be filled with excitement instead of fear.
Thanks for your support-I could not do this alone. May God get all the glory :)
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