Author: Adventures

Four buses, one border crossing, one 24 hour bus ride through backwoods Africa, one night in Singita, forty six total hours on a bus, one hostile stay and six days later we made it to Moshi, Tanzania! Wow; so much dust, so much travel, and more people on a bus than I knew was physically possible.    God used my team to challenge me to choose joy in every situation that arose on travel days, and so I did! Literally the most uncomfortable six days of my life were also some of the most joyful on the trip thus far.    On our twenty four hour bus ride from Mbeya to Singita we...

As I am posting this my team is packing up and getting ready to leave the first leg of our African Expedition. Malawi has been an awesome country, and I have no doubt in my mind that I will be back one day.    As I think about the last month I think about how my idea of comfort has changed. I, now, truly believe that comfort is completely an idea, a perspective. I know that one month ago, my idea of comfort included my room in the basement, with my queen sized bed. In cleanliness, I was comfortable missing a shower one day, but no more than one day. I always had clean...

I want to tell you about a boy. my sweet baby Prince. he has stolen my heart.   he belongs to one of the cooks that works with the widows we have been visiting. when we went on the first of February I could tell that she was exhausted. I wanted her to enjoy the day, worshiping with the women she works with. she would half heartedly dance and when asked to do more she would point to her baby that was wrapped around her, attached to her back. so, I asked if I could hold him. he fell asleep shortly after & I ended up holding him the entire time we were there. he captured my...