The countdown begins...37 more days!

Uganda is a little over a month away and I keep getting more excited as the days pass. I've set my dates, booked my flights, and figured out most of the details. I leave June 3rd to begin the adventure with my church (Rocky Mountain Bible Church). There will be 18 people from Utah, Nebraska, Michigan and Wyoming joining our group of 19 which makes 37 in all. This year, we will be planting a church in the village of Bufukha (bu-foo-kee). At Bufukha, we will be going hut-to-hut sharing the gospel and trying to fill the church. We will also visit the three churches we planted the last two years teaching hygiene and Bible stories.

On June 16th my church will be heading back to the states, and my friend, Taylor VanDuinen, and I will be continuing on our journey to Kenya to work in an orphanage called Miracle House (visit miracle-house.org for more information). While there, we will be traveling back and forth from the two orphanages in Limuru (near Nairobi) and Webuye (near the western boarder of Kenya). At the orphanages, we will be teaching them life lessons that relate to the Bible and doing arts and crafts with them. Some days we will go out prayer walking. Our leader described this as us going into the village and praying for the people there. Some might invite us in to their homes so we can get to know them and possibly share the Good News with them, but we will always ask if there is anything we can pray about for them. Hopefully, I will get tons of prayer requests that I can share with you so that you may be praying for them also. I will be in Kenya for 13 days, and on June 29th I will be catching a flight back to Uganda.

When I arrive in Uganda, there will be a driver waiting to pick me up and take me to Amani Baby Cottage (go to amanibabycottage.org for more information), in Jinja, where I will be staying for a little over a month. There are 60 kids, five years and younger, that I will be taking care of and hanging out with. There will also be other miscellaneous jobs and tasks that I will be doing to help out around the cottage. I will fly back home on August 2nd, but I'm sure I will not want to leave.

I will try to update this as much as possible while I am in Uganda, but no promises because the internet is very slow and I might just be having too much fun!

I need all the prayers I can get so please don't hesitate to pray while I'm away! I've experienced the power of prayer and know how much your prayers can help. When the trip gets closer, I will be writing specific prayer requests so you know what to pray for.

Thanks for your support and for taking the time to read my blog. I cannot wait to get on that plane and head to Uganda.

Becca