Mozambique and Uganda

On Sunday we woke up early and drove a van into Kruger Park. The trip started off well when it only took us 5 minutes to find two rhinos walking down the road! They graciously allowed us to follow them on their morning walk and even let us join as they "recycled" (a.k.a. Eunice's way of saying going to bathroom). After the rhinos we saw zebras, were surrounded by a herd of elephants and giraffes. We also saw hippos and their huge teeth, a crocodile, warthogs, and hundreds of impala's. I've seen these animals at the zoo before, but they are so much larger when they are in their natural home. I can look around everyday and see how beautiful God has created this world, but spending the day surrounded by these beautiful animals gave me another taste of God's immense beauty in creation!

This week we are beginning our outreach preparations! On April 6th we will be leaving for outreach in Maputo, Mozambique for two weeks and southern Uganda for four weeks. While we are in Mozambique we will doing ministry with street orphans and helping to establish a YWAM base to continue the work in the future and in Uganda we will be working with a YWAM ministry called Orphans Know More. This week we are working on preparing different ministry activities for the children and also building team unity so we are ready to share God's love as one. I am really excited for this opportunity and know the power God has to work through us on our outreach. As we prepare though, there is certainly a lot of details that are in the works and planning and preparing that we have ahead of us. So I thank everyone for their prayers on my trip so far and I ask that you would pray that God would be guiding us as we plan ministry this week and make the way for us this coming month as we prepare!

"Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth." 1 John 3:18