Author: Adventures

As we are wrapping up our 3 months in Africa, I am blown away by how fast time flew by. This experience has been unreal and just about unexplainable! As I think back to Zambia, I remember the first week, when I would cry everyday and wonder what I was doing across the world – away from my family, my comforts, my regular everyday life that I was pretty content with. Now I was living with 12 girls I didn’t know, in a house with lizards, no doors to our rooms, never a guarantee of running water, and when the rain would come … well, you had to scream to hear each other! I...

Hi everyone! I am currently in Johannesburg, South Africa after departing Botswana about a week ago. Botswana was a hard, but amazing month, and it has taken me awhile to figure out how to put what I learned there into words. I still don’t know if I can, but I’ll give it a shot. I started the month on a rough note. I struggled a lot with feeling unworthy and unwanted on my team. These were complete lies that I let build up to a point where I broke down in tears for hours. The enemy used my insecurities as a foothold to discourage me. I had to be vulnerable to those around for...

Hi everyone! I am currently in Johannesburg, South Africa after departing Botswana about a week ago. Botswana was a hard, but amazing month, and it has taken me awhile to figure out how to put what I learned there into words. I still don’t know if I can, but I’ll give it a shot. I started the month on a rough note. I struggled a lot with feeling unworthy and unwanted on my team. These were complete lies that I let build up to a point where I broke down in tears for hours. The enemy used my insecurities as a foothold to discourage me. I had to be vulnerable to those around for...

Lunch with Saltie, Kempho, Marc, Dwight, Kabo, Sahara and Oriana at the Reach for Life Training. Laughing with them over an traditional meal was the best feeling ever. The excitement at watching Sahara get her first tattoo and turn around and exclaim “I love it so much guys! I can’t believe we did that!” The aftermath of the tattoos in the taxi cause OMG WE JUST DID THAT Playing basketball after the party at our house where Gabby was so aggressive and Kayleigh and I collided once again Having a mini dance party with Sahara and Katie in the living room while we tried to...