During our one day of training down here in Atlanta, we took time to get to know each other from our team in Rwanda and also a team that is heading on down to South Africa at the same time with us.  It was definitely a bit awkward talking with strangers from around the country, but we all had the common ground of taking a step of faith in going overseas to serve His kingdom. There was this activity that we had to do during our training session where we were told to close our eyes and listen to what God was telling us about a person in the group that we were assigned to.  I tried...

So I am not even in Africa yet and I am already so pumped! I got to Georgia today and met up with everyone from my team.  There are 2 teams, mine which is going to South Africa and the other which is going to Rwanda; both teams have 12 people in them.  Once everyone got to the airport, we made our way to the hotel that we are staying at for the night.  Once at the hotel, we picked our roommates for the night and headed up to our room til dinner.  I am staying with Jessica, hayley, and Kendra and they are all so great!  We spent se time talking and getting to know...

This world race exposure has already expanded many fascets of my life and taught me so much and I have not even set foot in Africa. God has been so faithful throughout these last few months and I cannot thank Him enough for His unfailing love, mercy and grace. Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me along the way both financially and in prayer. Please continue praying for my team and me. Pray for unity and singleness in mind and thought. Pray for the people of Rwanda and how God is going to impact them in huge ways. Pray for us not to make this trip about us, but about God and...

Man, what an amazing and rough week.  Tomorrow (aka today) I head to Atlanta then to Rwanda! I have no idea what to expect and I feel as I overpacked. Everything would be easier if for everything we had a play by play with every detail on what was needed, what was expected to happen, and so on. You know your in God's will when life doesn't work that way because if it did we wouldn't have to trust Him with our plans and future.  So lookig back on this week so many things went wrong, but God worked it out. One awesome thing about this week is i had an opportunity to...

I cannot believe that I leave for my trip tomorrow.  I remember reading through all of the blogs that people have posted on here thinking how amazing it would be to go on a trip like this.  Now here I am writing a blog post of my own.  It is surreal.  I don't even think that it has really set in yet that I am going to Africa.  Usually when you go on a vacation or have something coming up that you are really excited about you picture what it is going to be like in your head.  I can't even do that for this becuase I have no idea what to expect! ...

Hey Everyone, After a couple days of travel, we have arrived at our hotel in Arusha, Tanzania! Arusha is such a beautiful city, and our hotel is awesome. This is our last stop before we fly out of Nairobi. This month has been so great and has gone by unbelievably fast.  It is hard to believe that a month ago I was packing, asking myself questions such as, "when is it actually going to hit me that I am going to Africa??" Well, after finally arriving in Sumbawanga I experienced a few things that told me that I was, in fact, in Tanzania. For those of you that may be in this...