Summer

I love Summer. I'm loving being home from school and getting to spend time with people. I love being able to spend time at home and also having the time to get to hang out with friends. I absolutely love being able to be more involved at church. I love getting to work in the nursery and playing with adorable kids. I love being able to babysit. I love spontaneous Disneyland trips. I love practically living at my best friend's house. I LOVE the beach. I'm definitely planning on going as much as possible. I'm going tomorrow :) My family took a trip to the Del Mar fair...which was tons of fun. And while the heat is not always my favorite thing, it hasn't been too bad so far. All in all, I am thoroughly enjoying my relaxing summer. I am loving this break before going into the madness of the nursing program at CBU (which I have been officially accepted into). I am so grateful for this summer :)

I'm looking forward to lots of this...



family + the beach


P.S. I'll post pictures from my summer adventures eventually

Uganda

As I said in my last post, I left my heart in Africa. I thought I'd blog a bit about what my team did and experienced. The 3 week trip is really hard to summarize, but I'll hit the highlights. And if anybody actually reads this blog and wants to know more about the trip, I'd be happy to tell you in person :)

My team did a few Vacation Bible Schools in and around the city of Jinja. We were given the privilege of going into a couple of villages and share with the children there. We would bring supplies to do a craft with the kids and we would tell a Bible story that corresponded with the craft. Then we would also sing a couple of songs. We had really awesome experiences every time we did a VBS. Here are a couple of pictures from the villages...


There were 250 people at our first VBS in the village


104 came forward to make a decision to follow Jesus


This little girl was adorable...and LOVED to sing louder than everyone else


On our second day in the village, they took our team to show us where the nearest well is


our VBS at Revival Christian Center

we did a couple more Vacation Bible Schools at a couple of other locations, but I don't seem to have pictures from them.

our team also helped with a youth conference at Calvary Chapel, Jinja. We all helped lead small groups.


my small group girls

all of our other time was spent at Living Hope Children's Home. I love those kids. They are a HUGE part of why my heart was left in Africa...and here are pictures of some of them...


Zuruta :)


Elijah and Dan


Hot Tamaly :)


Henry


Sharon


Jemimah :)

These are just some of the kids and these are just some of the pictures. There's a TON more on my facebook.

Our team also did some touristy stuff. We got to see the Source of the Nile, take a boat ride down the Nile, go to Bujagali Falls and some other stuff.

The trip was incredible and it changed my life. This was just a small glimpse of what it was like :)

Like I said...I left my heart in Africa.