Well after a week of leaving the country, waiting in immigration offices for hours, talking to officials, running to the copy shop numerous amounts of time, and making many trips in and out of town WE HAVE OUR BUSINESS VISA’S!!! Thank you everyone for the prayers that are being sent our way, we can feel them daily! We Love you all, and miss you dearly!   P.S. these are 6 of the best girls that I could have ever thought of to being able to lead to Zambia. Thanks for raising them to be God fearing women who love well! I kind of really like them

Laughter is so important to me. In my mind, laughter is connected to several character traits in a person that are essential to a team, and to life in general. Traits like intense love, humility, and deep joy. A wise person once said, “A day without laughter is a day wasted.” I love the amount of joy that is constantly present in the atmosphere around our team. Whether it be through days and days of visa struggles, through the chaos of our family growing from 7 girls to 30 boys and girls overnight, or just through life here in general, there is that always present feeling of...

I have a really really hard time being still. I like going and going and when I have a moment to be still I usually fill it with pointless junk or just find someone to talk to. I don’t usually use my alone time productively. I hate processing the things around me. Thinking too much means accepting not only the glorious things but also the things I don’t like or the things that need to change. This week and the last I’ve been sick nothing too crazy but as I only seemed to be getting worse I was asked to stay back and rest. Spending days alone on an empty compound in Africa...

Beauty is something God hands out liberally. Beauty is easy to see from many angles, something that brings this unique kind of power with its presence.  At training camp these last four days we talked a lot of about the Holy Spirit. It was amazing to hear stories of Him moving in the people who were sitting in the chairs next to me, sharing meals with me, and sleeping in the same room as me. God’s spirit is the beautiful power that cannot be compared to any other, and somehow He has deemed us, humans, valuable enough to literally make his dwelling in. That’s a strange...

Here I am, preparing to head off to training camp tomorrow.  And then Zambia a couple days later. I’m super excited, which is weird for me.  I’m used to being afraid of the “new” in life.  Not eager for it.  But God is doing something new in me this time.  Rather than being afraid of the unknown, I am excited for it.  I find myself expectant of what’s to come with this trip. I am so ready to get started. Ready to meet my team and get to know each of my sisters face to face.  I am ready to venture into the unknown and see...