Author: Adventures

The Lady in Seat 54G Deserves an Explanation for My Tears

And that’s when I remember. It comes on an overnight plane to South Africa after a day spent dancing the streets of London, that’s when I remember that he never loved me the way I deserved and that the way he held me never was with a sense of forever, but a sense of need. That he wouldn’t have ever been able to give me this. What I gave myself. This kind of love that holds me when the plane rocks my ruby red seat and a baby balls in the background. The kind of love that soared between London sunrays for the street musician spinning a tune that spoke to my soul. The love...

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To the Cafe on the Corner

Dear Kubu Cafe, Your wifi sucks, But your milkshakes could cure any dreary day. I love your mismatching pink and green walls, The comfy leather couches that beat my bunk bed with the thin mattress any day, The dark wood table, And the way the large window in the front lets in just enough light, but not too much as it gives me snippets of the lives of people walking into the Shoprite next door. I like the random assortment of tribal bowls and banners on the walls… They kind of remind me of the pattern I have been living in. But its not you Kubu Cafe that makes me smile today. Its the...

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Sundays are for the girls and God

Every Sunday is our dedicated to church and is also our girls night. So Sunday I went to my first African church service. It was fun and not quite as long as I expected. We got to church early or late I don’t really know which one since there were two services. As we waited for church I decided to try and make friends after a few failed attempts I made some friends. We played and talked a little until it was time for church then we headed into the church building. We sat in the middle rows in the church and the kids would sit around us and some would sit in my team mates laps. We...

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Sundays are for the girls and God

Every Sunday is our dedicated to church and is also our girls night. So Sunday I went to my first African church service. It was fun and not quite as long as I expected. We got to church early or late I don’t really know which one since there were two services. As we waited for church I decided to try and make friends after a few failed attempts I made some friends. We played and talked a little until it was time for church then we headed into the church building. We sat in the middle rows in the church and the kids would sit around us and some would sit in my team mates laps. We...

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Be wild, Be done

I thought I had expectations coming into this trip. I do not think I did. The three days at training camp were crazy. Camp focused so much on the Holy Spirit- which has never been emphasized before in my spiritual life. Now out on the field, I know why… We do not have much out here to work with or refer to. No internet to reference, look up, or clarify scripture has been pretty hard to work with. But it also makes me learn the Bible on my own (which I have been wanting to accomplish). During training camp I realized my purpose for this trip is to love God and trust the Holy Spirit. I...

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In the beginning…

Hello everyone, I am currently writing to you from inside my cocoon (my bug net) in Livingston, Zambia. My team and I arrived here about two days ago. We came from training camp where we were taught about how to handle life on the field, our identity in Christ, how to minister to people, and what  true christian community looks like. We got to know our teams and do team building activities to learn how to handle stressful situations.  After training camp we headed to the airport at 4 am. Our travel days consisted of sleeping on almost empty planes, vlogging + blogging, london, and...

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