Author: Adventures

Seronga, Botswana was life changing, from teaching a preschool class of 19 crazy kiddos to digging into the word with my 13 beautiful teammates to spending some much needed alone time with my Creator, I had never felt more at home. The presence of God is so real there, you can see and feel Him everywhere. He’s in the joy of the kids, the overwhelming peace while sitting in the sand by the Okavango Delta during sunset, the selflessness of the people who have nothing, and the vast beauty of the millions of stars you can see so clearly at night. He’s everywhere. I fell in love with...

It feels rather stereotypical to talk about what I have learned about myself since coming to Botswana, how the Lord pulled me half way across the world into the recesses of a sparsely populated country to speak softly once more of His truth and to reveal more of Himself to me. I guess that makes me cliché though, because that is exactly what happened. Seronga isn’t densely inhabited by any meaning of the word; it’s in the bush – goats outnumber the people and threaten property invasion anytime a gate is left open. Cars brake for the donkeys and cows that meander...

The stars here are absolutely brilliant. The Milky Way galaxy is strewn across the sky and dispels my prior expectation of pressing darkness. At night the whole delta comes alive. A choir of frogs joined by thousands of crickets, and a multitude of unique bird calls. This place is saturated with life, and as such it whispers, screams, and sings of the glory of our God. Job 38:31-33 “’Can you bind the beautiful Pleiades? Can you loose the cords of Orion? Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear with its cubs? Do you know the laws of the...

As many of you know from your own experience or stories others have shared, mission trips typically have some huge obstacles. Whether it is sickness, missing loved ones, the living conditions, or cultural shock, mission trips can be hard. . After receiving some pretty heart breaking news while on the trip, I have found myself struggling with counting down the days until I am home. From my missions experience, I have rarely been homesick on a trip. It isn’t that I don’t miss my family, because I most certainly do (Hi mom), but I usually fall so in love with the people or place...

“I’ve been looking for a sound that makes my heart sing; I’ve been looking for a melody that makes the church bells ring; Not looking for the fame or the fortune it might bring in love, music, or life” (Zac Brown). I’ve been listening to these lyrics over and over during the past few weeks while trying to figure out what it is God is leading me to do in life. In today’s world kids are expected to have a plan coming out of high school and are pressured to feel as if they don’t it’s not okay. Well here I am now having just turned 21 only days ago and the feeling of uneasiness has yet to...

The team is having a blast and getting along great! They are in the bush of Africa and loving it! God has been doing alot already in the team. They’re doing a building project, helping with a preschool and working with the children in the villages. Stay tuned for more updates!