Author: Adventures
The Truth Is…Ã�’m Weak
It’s hard to believe that this past Sunday marked exactly 1 month since I have left home. Within this month ever fiber of my being has been tested, stretched, pushed, and molded. Battling living discomforts, homesickness, and physical sickness has not made this first month a walk in the park. There have been moments of unexplainable joy followed my moments of doubt and exhaustion. Yet in all of this, God has shown me the most abundant source of strength and comfort. As I have been reading through Paul’s letters I am captivated by his missionary journeys. While I have not sought...
Speaking courage into people…
There is power in the tongue, power in the words we speak. To encourage someone is actually to put COURAGE into them. I want to master the art of encouragement. I want to be a people that encourage the heart and not the hands; that encourage people in their identity, calling and destiny rather than the acts they do. I want to be someone that is generous with my words, that when I see something God is doing in someone I speak it out because that truth brings life, it builds people up, it literally begins to shift something not only in the persons spirit receiving the encouragement but...
New Frienships.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up. Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one be warm alone? Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
I’ve had the opportunity to start building a relationship with this wonderful family. There is a grandmother named Gladys, her daughter Candy, and Candy’s son...
MY 21st Birthdayyy!!! :)
HOW I SPENT MY 21 BIRTHDAYYY IN AFRICA!!!!
6:30 am- Woke up to dogs barking annoyingly at each other. Went to the bathroom and didn’t pee on my feet. Happy Birthday to me!
6:45- Went to the kitchen and found decorations and presents that Nikki set up for me!
7:00- Got a good workout in while eating some BANANNA BREAD(which I basically eat everyday we go to town) and helped make breakfast. I also got to open one present which was tropical juice!
7:20- Did my bible study with Nikki.
7:52- Put on my new shoes! And a really cute pink birthday...
