Here is the moment you all have been waiting for: my first solo blog! I make no promises on the content from here on out. Many of you have requested to follow my journey (and I’ve heard that I might get old and forget things, so I will gladly let the Internet be my memory), so here comes a series of tales, truths, turmoils and triumphs.

For those of you that don’t know, I have been to Uganda three times now, and I got another opportunity to go again. This time, I get to go serve with a new mission in the country called Restoration Gateway. Many people have asked what I will be doing, but I don’t really have a great answer for that. I know the mission has an orphanage and medical center (children and the medical world, my favorites 🙂 ), but for more info, visit http://www.restorationgateway.org.

Just 2.2 weeks from today (June 26th), I will be embarking on the adventure into the (slightly) known and unknown. My trip will be approximately 5 weeks (with a hopeful return of July 31st). I have a team of between 5 and (insert number).

As you can see, many of the details have not been revealed to me. I am a detailed planner, so just as you might have guessed, the Lord has already been testing and teaching me. The best I can say is that the Lord called, and thankfully, I listened and followed. I have tried to plan but:

“In their hearts humans plan their course,