Category Archives: Being a Learner
Summer 2011
I guess there is a reason this summer feel like it flew by!!
Twenty Ten
For me, 2010 began in downtown San Diego, California. And saw the soil of 10 countries. USA Hungary Romania Czech Republic Latvia Netherlands France Turkey Kenya Uganda And it now ends in downtown Durango, Colorado. What a crazy year it … Continue reading
Filed under Being a Learner, Stuff that blows my mind, Travel
Here
I have been back in Mesa for 11 full days now. 11 days of amazing time with my family and of seeing the faces I so desperately missed. The faces of 6 month-matured teenage girls and of toddlers who have … Continue reading
Amazima
13 November 2010: This project is one I was extremely excited to visit. Before leaving Mesa, on my last Sunday there, I can remember a friend there telling me of a blog she had been reading by a young girl … Continue reading
Filed under Being a Learner, Crazy Travel Moments, Hungary, Life In The Kingdom, Uganda
Compassion Office
10 November 2010: With Chris, the Compassion staff I met on my visit with Monica, I drove to the east side of Kampala to visit the national office of Compassion International. Expecting nothing less, I was extremely impressed. All of … Continue reading
Filed under Being a Learner, Jesus, Life In The Kingdom, Uganda
Upside down
This last story pretty much sums up my whole experience with Compassion International. And my shattered expectations. And the upside down nature of the kingdom of heaven. Jessica, one of the staff from the national office who happened to be … Continue reading
Filed under Africa, Being a Learner, Crazy Travel Moments, Jesus, Life In The Kingdom, Uganda
Compassion International Visit
2 November 2010: When I first began to consider Uganda as a real possibility for a destination in this crazy trip, one of the confirming and exciting factors was that the child my parents sponsor through Compassion International lives in … Continue reading
Global Support Mission
Global Support Mission (GSM) is an NGO working in Kenya and Uganda by partnering with existing, local ministries. They operate Know.Think.Act, which allows people to see a specific need and then meet it. All money goes directly to the need; … Continue reading
Filed under Being a Learner, Jesus, Life In The Kingdom, Uganda
