Author: Adventures

With a stack of dirty dishes in one hand, a pile of clean clothes in the other, and a baby strapped to her back, Mary greets me with her big smile and warm eyes. This is my first interaction every morning when I walk into the Maramba Old People’s Home, and I couldn’t think of a better way to start my day. Mary is joy, Mary is full of laughter, and I’m convinced Mary has a heart the size of Zambia. Day after day she washes dishes, she bathes and clothes elderly women, and she serves meal after meal. Mary is an angel on this Earth – I’m sure of it. She has 3 of...

When you are living life in some place of south east Africa and build relationship with the kids by the simple fact of spending time with them and looking into their eyes. When you are so passionate about the simple and see complexity and detail in the every day and can not help but to stand in awe and share your joy with whomever is around you. When you are supposed to be doing something and you don’t restrict yourself to the supposed but you expand the boundaries and experience freedom, that moment when you forget about literally everything and feel as if you where flying but youre...

We’ve been in Zambia for about 3 1/2 weeks now and everyone has been adjusting really well. I’m not a huge blogger, but I felt led to write about a certain experience. Today (February 18th) was a pretty big day for most of us. It was the day we went bungee jumping off the Victoria falls bridge. We had all been anticipating this day for weeks. And by we, I mean everyone but me. I was terrified ever since I heard we were going to do it, but I tried to hide my fear from everyone else. I’m not a huge adrenaline junky, so I wasn’t quite fond of the idea. I really just...

Our team was formed in Gainesville, GA – 14 strangers put together for 3 months on a mission trip, in Zambia and Botswana. The first few weeks in Zambia, we were all learning how to live with each other, in one house, at two different Morning ministries, coming from many different backgrounds and three different countries. Community living does not always come naturally. Each person brings their own baggage, coping mechanisms learned from previous relationships and interactions with people and different habits. One habit that was happening often was gossip. We have daily times called...