Author: Adventures

…We can grow brighter than the SON.” Okay, FUN. May actually say “sun” instead, but I like my version better. Tonight I get on a plane for South Africa. I have vague ideas of what I am getting myself into and I’m sure the real thing will make a joke of my silly ideas anyways, so I’m really not too concerned with knowing. But because God is gracious to us and knows how to best encourage us when he asks us to step into the unknown, here is what I do know: God is bringing me into a greater version of my identity. He has been teaching me to actually...

Finally met all of the teammates in Atlanta and found that all of them are awesomely unique! I’m excited to get to know everyone once inside Rwanda. I have a general sense of everyone’s personality but it’s been only one day. I wonder how we will all start to interact ince in the field but i keep praying that God ensures team unity. One excercise we did last night was listening prayer. I have nallyever done this before but basically we sit in a circle and speak what is on our mind. One person gets tapped anonymously and others tell that person what they think God is...

Hey yhall. I have only been with adventures in missions for one day but I am having an amazing time and am excited for what God is going to do this month. My teams flight to Johannesburg leaves tonight around 7. After about a fifteen hour flight we will be in South Africa. We may spend the night in the airport until our flight to Manzini Swaziland on Tuesday. Sometime after we land in Swaziland we will split up and my team will be traveling into Cape Town. Cape Town is known to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world. While in Cape Town we will work with volunteer Mzansi, which...

God is a living God. His voice speaks into each of our lives and cannot be limited to how it is presented to us. From the beauty of the Rocky mountains to an audible voice, God is speaking to each of us. In the last several weeks I have been seeking God and asking for guidance on my life in preparation for my time in Africa. Internally I was battling with the idea of being given the opportunity to Love orphans and the feelings of leaving behind a ministry and group of friends that I care so much about. With the reality that I would only be gone a month God began to show me what it looked...

Jumping right into this experience the one word that sticks out to me is unknown. Expect the unexpected. I arrived in Atlanta not knowing what to expect. Nervous doesn't quite describe my feeling. I was more anxious to start this experience, get my task, and know what needs to be done. I can all ready tell I will have to escape my normal behavior of a "checklist" ministry. We were told to be more than flexible….be fluid. This is exciting and a little nerve racking.  Wesley, my partner, and I will arrive in Durban, South Africa and work with Higher Ground, an...

What an incredible experience this has already been and I haven't even left for Africa yet.  God has spoken to me so much, in ways that he never has in just the 24 hours that I have been with AIM.  We are just finishing up our training in Georgia.  I got to meet the 12 amazing people that I will be traveling to Rwanda with and the other 12 who will be serving in South Africa.  During our training we went over the typical procedures and safety issues, while all that is very useful, the most powerful part of training was going over how God still speaks today.  We...