Hi. Everyone. This is my first blog
post ever. This blog is meant to show God’s work through me on my journey to
Uganda, Africa. I’m every excited to have the opportunity to go and serve the
people in Africa. And it is all thanks to family and friends who have helped to
provide the funds. I have bought my plane ticket and I leave on March 7th,
which was number one on my long list of things to do. As my trip is getting
closer, I’m learning that trusting God and his plan for my life is what is most
important right now.
My reason for the title of my blog
is I heard a song on the Joy FM and it really stuck out to me. It was in the
beginning stages of my trip; I was still figuring out if going to Africa was
the right move for me. Then the song “Learning to be the light” came on and I
thought this was a good sign and I made up my mind for sure after hearing that
song that going to Africa was my next step in life. One of my favorite parts in
the song is when it says, “A brand new life is calling and I owe to all to grace…I’m
learning to be the light.” I also attended the passion conference in January
and the speakers talked a lot about doing something now, not waiting for a
better opportunity or waiting until everything is perfect because it never will
be but getting involved with something you feel passionate about and doing
something now.
This trip will be different then
any other mission trip I have been on. The first way it is different is I am
going for two months, I have only ever been on trips out of the country for a
week or two weeks at the most, and so two months is a big change. I feel blessed to have the
opportunity and I’m not taking it lightly. I ready to share the good news of
Jesus Christ with the people of Africa.
