I've been working and praying for weeks now. Gathering information, praying, discussing, praying some more, brainstorming, journaling, and of course praying more for God to guide me where He wants me to be.
As most know, at a young age, God has made His call for my life evident in more ways than I can even begin to explain! He has given me a heart that breaks for the broken, hurts for the lost, and love for the unreached and the untouched.
It may seem crazy; however, it's just crazy enough! Crazy love!
I will still be heading to Kenya this summer with a team of 17 others. We will be painting at a local school whom one of the churches I attend, Chase Oaks Church, is partnered with. We'll get to love on the children there, and the community as a whole. I am thrilled for the relationships that will come from this! I am even more excited about how the kingdom of God will grow through fellowship. The seeds that will be planted and the Holy Spirit working with those seeds.
We depart for this journey on the 11th of July. Prayers for safe travel would be very, very, very appreciated! (Personally, I get a bit nervous...aka slight asthma attacks...about flying). My team will depart from Nairobi, Kenya on the night of the 20th, and land back in Dallas/Fort Worth on the 21st. I on the other hand, will not.
As my teams boards a plane on the night of the 20th, I will camp out at the Nairobi airport until the following morning and patiently await to board a plane to Entebbe, Uganda!
YES, UGANDA!
I am fortunate enough to be blessed through social media! A group of young women ranging for teens to twenties all with a passions unexplainable, not understandable to others, yet we understand each other and have come together in the body of Christ. We are each others shoulders to lean on, ears to cry to, guidance for all, but mostly, we are sisters, Soul Sisters. We go through life encouraging each other through loving words. We hurt together, we cry together, we rejoice together, and praise The Lord together. Praise him for what He has done, what He is doing, and what He is going to do. We share in love for the lost, and broken hearts for the broken.
With that being said, I am one of the youngest girls in the group. I am so fortunate to have so many women of Christ whom are living out their passions to look up to. They are incredible role models! I have never personally met any of these lovely ladies in person, and I have been praying to God that our paths would soon cross. I am happy to say, some paths are crossing! :)
Entebbe is the airport most near the capitol of Uganda which is Kampala. Two of these precious servants of God are living out their calling He has put on their lives to be the hands and feet in Uganda, EmmaLee and Kate.
EmmaLee is partnered with International Voice of the Orphan, and Kate is partnered with Kyampisi Childcare Ministries. For more information on these loves, visit their blogs and see the incredibleness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
On the 21st of July, I will depart for Entebbe, Uganda and meet up with EmmaLee and Kate. I will stay with them and then depart back for the states on the 28th, arriving back fully on the 29th. I am excited to see the amazing things God is doing in and through the young women of God! Excited to see how the are working through everything, the good and the bad for the kingdom of God. But I am even more excited to join them, even if it is for a short period of time, to be the hands and feet of Jesus in Uganda.
