Uganda

I finally finished my support letter for my trip to Uganda this summer!!! I have felt God calling me to serve in the mission field for the past year and finally took the step of faith. I am going to be going with an organization called Loving One By One. I was searching the internet over Christmas break for different trips that were available in the summer. Both my home church and Northview have medical mission trips going to Uganda, which was what I wanted to do, but they were both during the school year. After praying about whether or not this was what God wanted me to do, I came across this organization. I loved their passion and vision for the people of Uganda. There is such a need for people to just be cared for a loved on. They have been establishing a school and orphanage for the orphans of AIDS victims, which is a large majority of the younger adults. Their generation has been almost completely wiped out by the AIDS epidemic. The children were being taken care of by their grandparents, but they are at an age where they can no longer care for them and the children are forced onto the streets. This breaks my heart.

I had been procrastinating and had been nervous about my support letter because I don't like asking people for money or support at all. It's one of my least favorite things to do. However, I know this is a step in the journey of faith that God has me on. I realized that tonight after college group when chatting with my main man, FT. We had a great conversation and it led me to think about how much I really trust God for EVERYTHING in my life. Not just the big life decisions, but the little, seemingly insignificant things. I know that it's easy to over analyze things and try to interpret God's will for our lives. I am and have been guilty of this many times. However, I am beginning to become more of a "doer" than a thinker and sayer. I realize there is wisdom and value in seeking counsel in decisions, but I think there is also value in just leaping in with both feet knowing that there's a chance that you could and probably will fail. However, the comfort that God is there watching and waiting to pick us up off the ground and hold us in His arms is a good enough reason for me. These are the times when we grow closest to Him and learn how to trust.

I know that was pretty scattered, but that's how my brain works...