Author: Adventures

              How do you write a blog about Africa when you’re not in Africa anymore?            My name is Amber Blankenship, Africa is my dream, and I’m the one that got sent home. I got sent home because my body was having a hard time adjusting to all the dust and smells, and the only way my body could convey that was through multiple asthma attacks. So how do I write about Africa, my dream, when I was sent home?...

Last Thursday, we did ATL (ask The Lord) in the city. Basically this means we ask The Lord in the morning for words, visions, directions, etc. for the day and then go where the Spirit leads us. I was with a team of 4 girls and we started our morning off praying at a local church. I got some really weird words and phrases from The Lord (at least I thought so). After we shared our lists as a team we went out. As we were walking we saw a nightclub called Club Babylon. Intrigued, we decided to go in. It was super dark and no one was inside except the bartender. He was 24 and super friendly so...

In the decades following Jesus’ time on earth, Paul wrote the following words to the church in Corinth: Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible… To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its...

They call me teacha and I love them. Every day I spend five hours with nine five and six year olds who are now forever engrained in my heart and mind. They call me teacha. Never have I once considered teaching- God bless those with patience to teach. Seriously, thank you. Yet being “teacha” for just one month has blessed me beyond belief. Just to clarify- I am not the sole teacha. I work at a carepoint (preschool) under a phenomenal woman of God named Treasure- and honestly being in her presence is a treasure itself. Her kind heart, gentle spirit and wild humor inspire me every...