Ants in my Pants

I am so wiggly. I can't stay still. I am always making lists of things we need, things we don't need, things we need to get, what we need to pack, all for Africa. I guess it is kind of a waste of time but, in a weird way I kind of feel helpless. I feel like I should already be there. I should be caring for the orphans, and walking down to the market to run errands.

I find myself already starting to dress the way I will need to while in Africa (long skirts and covered shoulders) and needless to say I am getting some funny looks when I go some where in a floor length tie die skirt with a pashmina wrapped around my shoulders, but I don't even care.

I need to get there! January 16th can't come soon enough.

Thank you for all the prayers from everyone. I used to think that I could separate myself from the past and from people in it but I have realized that everyone I come in contact with, even that guy at the gas station 2 years ago that asked if I was okay, has shaped me, changed me, and molded me.

Some changes to "me" were definitely good, others were good disguised as pain. It is so crazy what God does to make us the people that He can use to better the world. I hope that he uses Mitchell and I in awesome ways to help shape the future of Uganda.

I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane Don't know when I'll be back again!

Mitchell and I have purchased our tickets for Uganda. We will be leaving January 16th and then leaving flying from DFW to Atlanta to Amsterdam to Entebbe. On April 16th we will leave Entebbe fly to Amsterdam then back to DFW. I am so excited.

This week we are starting to send out fundraising letters. Please pray that God uses our family and friends to get us where He wants us to go.

It is so strange because two years ago I would have never thought that my heart would be in Africa. I went to mission trips in Mexico and I speak Spanish I thought my heart would always feel connected there. But now I here of riots in Kampala and my heart aches, I hear of abandon children and I feel like I need to get there to take care of God's precious children. I believe that God is raising up a generation in Africa that will be able to lessen the heartache. He is raising up a generation of leaders who won't live on handouts and that will better themselves and their community. He is raising up people who will look past the pain of the past and hope in the future by setting up farms that can sustain thousands of people. He is raising a generation of believers that will help educate others on what it means to live a safe life in Christ.

Now is the time that this orphan continent needs your prayers and your help.