I spent New Years Weekend at the mountain again. Monday I spent getting ready for school. Tuesday we started my school here at the guest house. We didn’t have these desks at first so we just did it on the floor.

On Tuesday we found out that one of the boys that had run away on Monday was beaten to death for stealing. That was very hard for the kids. We did school on Wednesday then in the afternoon I went to Brandon’s house for Prayer Meeting that evening.

I went to Brandon and Jenns house that Thursday. I think I was writing almost all day.

Then on Friday we went to the funeral. That was a very sad day for the children..

Friday evening I went to John and Stella’s house to hang out with them. They have a beautiful house.

Then I spent Saturday and Sunday at the mountain with the children. We had some really good conversations and I just love hanging out with them. And trying to know all their names when they walk by me.

Then Monday was just a usual Monday. We had our volunteer meeting. Then we went to town and got school supplies that I needed.

Tuesday and Wednesday I did school in the morning then went down to the Love and Care school and was there until they let out from school.

Then that Thursday I went to Banda Lodge to the pool with Sarah. It was a fun day.

Friday we did school then I went to the school at Love and Care then walked back to the guest house. Saturday and Sunday I spent at mountain. Making memories with the children. I love them so much.

Then I walked down to the guest house again. And it was just me and Spe so we ordered pizza and had a blast that evening.

Then on Sunday evening we found out that one of the boys who had struggled with his heart before died. 💔 😢 So Monday we had another funeral to attend. Did you know Muslims don’t bury people in a casket?

That night Lyn, and I stayed at the mountain. Then I went to the guest house with John and Stella. The next two days were normal. We did school then I went down to the other school. Or I did stuff on the computer at the guest house.

Thursday I went to Plot 99 to work on my computer like all day.

Friday was again spent with the children in the morning then I went to the school. Then I went up to the mountain for Saturday and Sunday. I pretty much spent every weekend there since Christmas.

Then I walked down to the guest house with these two goofballs.

Monday we had our meeting then I went to town to do some shopping.

Tuesday Brandon and Jenn had to go to Kampala so Abby and Layah stayed with me after school until they came back. So we decided to have a party.

Wednesday we had another student with us so we did school outside.

Then Thursday Brandon and Jenn, Lyn and I went to the pool.

Then Friday after school I went with Sarah to the market then we went to the school then I went to Sarah’s house. We had soft pretzels!!

Saturday, Sarah dropped me off at the mountain. I was there until Sunday night. I got Sarah to pick me up. Sunday they had a football match

Monday I made oatmeal whoopie pies. They were so good

December 1st I headed for the airport and Lyn and I boarded the plane at 9 in the evening.

On December 3rd in the morning, we landed in Entebbe Uganda. And John picked us up at the airport. We went to Brandon and Jenn’s house for the day and that night. We sorted through our many bags for the stuff that was for them.

Saturday I went over to the guest house and got settled in before the team came. Then that evening a prayer team from Branch (my church). Came for two weeks.

The next morning we went to Love and Care for All for Church. They had children dance and they had special songs for us. I love them so much.

Brandon told us that the kids had won their first football (soccer) match on Saturday so I had told him that he can get soda for Church the next day.

Monday we started the prayer and worship burn. We have 2 people either praying or singing for two hrs. and we did that from Monday to Friday day and night. Then at 1 PM we went and prayed over all the Love and Care properties. When we were at the mountain the children came out and prayed with us. Then we went back to the guest house for dinner. Then had team time and figured out our prayer schedule.

Tuesday, we had prayer time as a team from 8-10 AM then we went and prayed over all the volunteer’s houses and we also prayed over the guest house. Then we went to the mountain and played with the kids and I saw some of my friends again. I love these kids so much.

Wednesday we went to the mountain after our prayer set as a team. We had the children split up into 4 groups and Linny and I talked with the girls for a while. Then that afternoon they had a game of soccer with Staff against children. That was so much fun.. We then prayer walked through Kigato village down to the guest house.

Thursday morning we went up to the mountain at 5:30 AM to join the prayer circle that they have every morning. Then the team helped the kids with their chores. Then we ate porridge with them. And after that, we prayed for each child individually.. That took us like 4 hrs. I was exhausted by then. Then on the way to the guest house, we stopped in at John and Stella’s house and sang happy birthday to Stella.

Friday, we went to Brandon and Jenn’s house to end the burn. And the rest of the team went to pray over the area but I just stayed at their house.

Saturday we went to the pool and just relaxed and then we went to Banda Lodge for Dinner it was a wonderful place to eat.

Sunday I stayed at the guest house because I wasn’t feeling well. It was very boring.

Monday we ate breakfast and then went to Plot 99. It’s a nice coffee shop. I still wasn’t feeling the best so I went with Jenn to their house and hung out with her while the team prayer walked through Masaka.

Tuesday we went up to the mountain and played some games with the kids. We played a popping game with balloons. Then we got them to throw balloons filled with water to each other and see who could go the furthest. Then we shared a little with the leaders at Love and Care. Then they sang some special songs for the team because the next day we went to Jinja.

Wednesday early in the morning we headed for Jinja. On the way, we had to stop and take some pics at the Ugandan Equator.

This is the whole team that went to Jinja.

We had so much fun hanging out there for a few days until Friday. Thursday we went to the pool.

Then Friday the team headed for the airport and I went with Brandon and Jenn so we spent that day shopping in Jinja and then we went to a coffee shop. And headed back to Masaka around 3. We got back late so I just stayed at Brandon and Jenn’s house.

Saturday we had a relaxing morning then I went to try to get a Ugandan Sim card so I could use my phone without wifi. But it didn’t work that day so they dropped me off at the guest house. That evening I started putting a puzzle together.

Sunday I felt like relaxing I had church with a family that lived at the guest house until January. I finished the puzzle that day. That evening we decorated Christmas cookies for their daughter. Brandon and Jenn also came for that.

Monday we had a volunteer meeting to talk about what we will be doing for the week. After that, I went to town again to get the Sim card and it finally worked. I went with Sarah. And we spent a few hrs waiting on some paperwork for her.

Tuesday, December 21, by now we were getting last-minute Christmas gifts for the mountain so Jenn, Lyn, Sarah, and I made a shopping trip out of that day. Then we went to Plott 99 for a while. After that, we went back to the guest house and finished packing the Christmas gifts for the kids at the mountain.

Wednesday we had a party at Sarah’s house so I went up around 12 and helped her get ready. Then I took my first hot shower since I am here. It was amazing.. Then we had a gift exchange and I got a French press. My other coffee thing got broken so that was Awesome!!

Thursday Lyn and I went to the mountain and hung out with the kids they taught me one of their card games. That quickly became something I did ever since when I go to the mountain. Then we walked down the mountain to the guest house.

Friday, Christmas Eve we went to the mountain in the morning and spent the day with the kids. Decorations were put up then Lyn and Jenn brought their presents with this buggy.

We gave the gifts and they loved them so much.

Then we just hung out for the rest of the day and they were making a lot of food for Christmas day so Lyn and I stayed up with them until like 2 in the morning. Those are some of my favorite memories so far.

Then the next morning on Christmas day they all put on new clothes and went to Church. Lyn, Jenn, and I stayed at the mountain and hung out.

Then the kids came back from Church and we had a feast. We had 15 different kinds of food. The kids were so happy.

The people serving said some people came 4 times for more food. But later I found their stash it was all under one of the girl’s beds.

They also got these football uniforms that day. They were so happy.

That night I went to the guest house with the buggy. Then I went up to the mountain the next morning with the buggy.. We got there at the end of their drive and it died.. We didn’t have church that morning we just had fun. Then Brandon and Jenn took me and Lyn out to eat that Sunday night. On the way there we stopped to take a few pictures.

Monday I went back to the back to the mountain and played cards with them all day. Then walked back in the evening to the guest house.

That week I got pretty sick. So that wasn’t fun. But we went up to the mountain on Friday night again and hung out with the kids. We stayed up until about 12:30 again.

The Healing Center has been a vision we have had since we lived in Indiana.

So when we lived in Indiana we had all the paperwork drawn up and had to get one more permit before we started building.

Then some things happened and God asked us to lay the vision down until he shows us it’s the right time to pick it up again.

So last year in May we went to look at this property in West Virginia. And we bought it.

So now the Healing Center is in West Virginia.

What is the Healing Center you may ask?

Well the Healing Center is a place where people can go to be mentored and prayed with, and get teaching and training on how to live a Godly life.

We have a seven week program where people can come for healing that just need an extra boost in there walk with the Lord.

I love that place so much!

We have a few people who have graduated and gone home from the seven week program already.

It is so much fun to watch people’s lives transform to Godly lives.

Was I made to fit in with everyone around me? Or was I made to fit in with God?

Sometimes I felt like I didn’t fit in anywhere.

I dress differently than most of my friends.

I often wondered why God chose me to be so different.

When all I wanted was to belong somewhere I was wanted.

Then I heard someone share this.

They said, “Why do you try to fit in when God created you to stand out?”

That made me think.

Does God really want me to stand out from the world?

I was reading my Bible and I came across this verse.

John 15:19
If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

So here it is saying I was chosen by God to be set apart of this world and to fit in with God.

I fit in with God!!!

WOW!!!!

He will never leave nor forsake me.

He is always there no matter where I am.

So have you ever felt like where ever you are, you never fit in?

There is hope!!!

You fit in with God!!!!!

Ask him how he feels about you.

He answers every question I have.

He will answers yours to if you ask and seek him.

I often felt condemned in the midst of people giving me awesome compliments. No matter what I did there was always a little voice in the back of my head.

You didn’t do it the right way you should’ve done it that way. It was there constantly draining the life and passion out of me.

Why does it happen to me?

I couldn’t even begin to overcome it on my own strength. I tried for years to just ignore it but it was still there in my weak moments.

Whenever I felt insecure, it would go from quiet voice in the back of my mind, to loud voices so loud that I couldn’t even hear what the people around me were saying.

I realized that the only way I could even begin to overcome it was through Jesus Christ.

Jesus died on the cross to bear those burdens for us. He was condemned on that cross. He faced the worse condemnation any human ever faced.

How did Jesus overcome it?

The way Jesus overcame that is he knew who he was and he knew his authority..

So because Jesus pressed through and did not give up, He gained authority over the enemy and all the evil spirits.

So now I have the opportunity to pray and connect with the authority Jesus has, and stand against the spirit of condemnation.

I found out who Jesus says I am. I was praying one morning and writing down what God was speaking to me. And he told me about 50 things that I am.

Jesus taught me who I am.

I am not condemned.

I am redeemed!

I am His daughter!

Now when condemnation speaks in the back of my mind, I first of all take it to the cross and I ask God what he thinks of that situation.

I now know who I am.

But that spirit of condemnation tries again about a week after to see if I am still strong.

I can take it to the cross again and after a while it doesn’t happen anymore.

A few thoughts I was pondering on.

So basically I am going to be blogging about my experiences in life…

 It will be totally at the most random times. 

It will probably mostly be pictures but sometimes when I feel like I got something deep I will probably write it out…

 I am excited 

This is what I look like….