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...

Malawi has been such a great experience and I can’t believe we’re almost finished here. Crazy! We’ve been able to teach Bible stories and songs to the kids from the villages, we’ve taught classes at an orphanage school, and we’ve even had the opportunity to worship and hear stories from some women at the widow’s ministry. All these things may seem like simple tasks, but they’ve all had big impacts on my life. Not only does God work when we are doing scheduled ministry, but He also works in amazing ways when we’re at home, when we’re...

Alright well here it is: the raw truth of my experience.   We have all just been thrown into battle with the devil. Not metaphorically either. A literal battle. A spiritual battle.   I have been putting off this blog post for about a week now. I felt like I needed to process what happened before I go telling my story. To be “okay” with what I had experienced but I’m not okay. In fact I’m completely confused. There is still so much about it that I can’t understand or how or why or WHAT?!?!   But that’s one of the biggest...

The Lord has shattered my soul, my world collided with its self and I found myself lost and confused. But the amazing God I serve and find peace in was there, He cradled my weeping spirit and mended it new. I looked to Him for joy, I looked at Him to bring me out of this sadness, and He did!    As I found joy and light again, I also I found myself falling in love. The head over heals, giggle and tell my friends about it, complete happiness and joy kind of love. I am giddy because I know that He loves me more than I can begin to fathom. He literally died so I could live with...