Africa

This past month has been crazy and emotional. I just found out that I got accepted to go to work in two different orphanages in Africa this summer for two weeks. I am overwhelmed with joy. I have always wanted to serve overseas and in a third-world country, but never knew how or when I'd have the opportunity. I have been following this blog for awhile now, and have been so encouraged by this young woman. She is 21 and has lived in Uganda since she was 18, and now has 14 adopted kids. She brings my heart to tears when I read the impact that she's having on those children. I have the opportunity to go and serve where she is. What an amazing opportunity that the Lord has provided me. I am so excited and thrilled to go, definitely a little nervous, but want to go so badly. Jon has been so great through this whole process, he has encouraged me from the moment we found out about it. Please be praying for me and my team as we are preparing for our trip. We will be departing end of June returning early July.

I want nothing more than to get there and hold this little kiddos and love on them. It's crazy, so many of my friends and people that I knew from college are starting to have babies... it makes me so badly want to be a mom, NOW! I don't think that's where the Lord has us at this time, but I get excited just thinking about it. Recently, Jon and I have been talking about what it would look like to adopt... something I never really thought of before. Jon gets excited to talk about adoption, that's something that he absolutely sees in our future, and I am feeling the same way. What better way to show God's love to these kids than to adopt them and call them our own. He calls us to take care of the widows and orphans, in some capacity, and we are convinced our role in that is to actually care for them and call them "Son and Daughter." I was telling Jon that after I get back from Africa that I'm going to want a baby from there to call our own. He let me know he was well aware of the possibility. Granted we have to find funding and the logistics, but at some point we see ourselves figuring all the details out!

Even though I'm not a mommy right now, and only Lord knows when I will be, it's fun for me to think about ;)