Learning to 'Be Still'

It's been about three months since my life changing trip to Uganda to serve with Kupendwa ministries - which seems impossible because I still feel it was just last week that I returned to the states.

Today, as I was working on my school work I noticed my Africa journal on the corner of my desk, I haven't read through my journal since we arrived back to America, and today I decided to read through it again. As I sat on my bed reading through each days entry, I felt as if I had never left. I could still taste the posho and the beans and the strawberry juice and ginger tea. I can still smell the fresh Ugandan air. I can still feel what it was like to stomp around in a giant pile of mud as we prepared to help rebuild a woman's house. It feels as though it's only been a day since I left that wonderful country.

I often heard people returning from missions trips that they "left a little piece of their heart there" but I've never experienced that feeling until now. I know that I left not only a little piece of my heart in Uganda, but a GIANT piece of my heart in Uganda. It's something really special when you can still channel those feelings and emotions you felt months ago.

These past few months haven't been easy, and it seems as if The Lord is throwing everything my way to test my faith, but going back and reading through my journal, I remembered that God is faithful, and God delivers. God had plans for every single one of those Ugandan mothers, and He took those women and told them, "I love you, and I am going to help you. You just need to put your faith in ME." and they did, and they were pulled out of the situations they were in. I have no doubt that TODAY was the day I was supposed to pick up that journal and read through it again. On a day when I looked at my life and felt like I was about to fall apart, God reminded me that He is bigger than EVERYTHING, and He will pull me through it all if I let Him.

I can't wait until the next time I get to go to Uganda and leave yet another piece of my heart with them. God, my life is in your hands, I put all my trust in You.

"The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still." -Exodus 14:14

More Posts Coming!

Hello everyone! Just wanted to take a moment to apologize about the fact that I haven't been posting on here as often as I would like. I promise you will be getting more regular blog updates very soon! (: