Daughter of the King

For the past two weeks, HEAL Ministries has been on holiday. That means no staff, no kids, and nothing to do here at The James Place.  Last week, a few of us went on safari together. We went through Red Chilli Hideaways, and with that company, we got three days on safari in Murchison Falls, and they gave us a free night at their Red Chilli Kampala the night before we left. So, we packed up our backpacks and went to Kampala for the day before the safari. We ate at Cafesserie, a restaurant that has delicious food. We got to see Mockingjay Part 1 in a theatre that's nicer than the one I go to at home. And we were able to just hang out and not worry about anything. We then got a free bus ride out to Red Chilli Kampala where we ate dinner together and talked a little before going to sleep.  Sunrise morning of departure  The next morning we woke up bright and early before the sun was up, ate some breakfast, and then got in the van that was going to be our vehicle for the ne

Life here is constantly in flux. People come. People go. God has allowed so many awesome people to cross my path and for that, I am grateful. I have friends from Australia, the UK, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Canada, as well as the US and Uganda. Coming here, I knew I'd be going from being with 10 other interns to just being by myself. I was able to prepare my heart for that. What I didn't really expect was finding two different Bible study groups that I've become close to and then losing those people that I've come to love so much so quickly. The one Bible study I'm involved with is with a group of slightly older women. One other girl was about my age and she just went home last week. She had been here for a year. All I could think about was how that is going to be me in about six and a half months. Having to leave a country that I've fallen in love with, but more importantly, having to leave all of the people that I have fallen in love with. And the