Africa

I am having a hard time describing the trip to Africa. It is not because there is nothing to say but that it is hard to put into words all that was seen and done. The same thing happened when I returned from hiking through the Andes mountains in Peru. The absolute poverty that some endure causes me to once again evaluate everything...I am sure there will be many comments made in future posts about the impact this trip has made on my life, so for now I will focus on the facts.

The ministry side: I worked with the team from Decatur on VBS and was assigned the job of blue team leader - Go Big Blue!, worked in the clinic 1 day - pulled a tooth and led someone to Christ, worked with Patti Appleby and Phylicia Perry to have teaching sessions for all the women and special sessions for the national Pastor's wives, went domesticated for part of a day and worked in the kitchen, then finished the week up by randomly jumping rope with anyone willing to try.

The touristy side: Rode a bus across Zambia which ran out of gas about 5 miles from Livingstone, helped push the out-of-gas bus on in to Livingstone - over some hills, through a checkpoint - a story for the ages!, visited Victoria Falls, did some shopping in the local market, went for a helicopter ride, rode down the Zambezi river on a sunset cruise and went for an elephant ride in Zimbabwe.

All in all, it was an amazing trip and I firmly believe that I will return to Africa in the future...maybe not Zambia but somewhere on that huge continent. My favorite piece of the African puzzle is the music...I have included a short video below - taken of some children singing a special during VBS. Please enjoy and stay tuned as there will be more to follow in the coming days.