Africa Bound

So I’m off! And since according to the flight map on the seat in front of me it is currently 4:45 am and I’m flying high over Namibia, it looks like there is no turning back. About hour 7 of this 19 hour flight, I began to question my sanity for making this voyage, but the Lord is faithful, and as soon as my doubts set in a precious Senegalese family with a 2 month old child sat down next to me in the bulk head row of the plane. Those of you who know my addiction to African children, know that this quelled my doubts immediately. Over the next few days I’m going to need little reminders as to why I left house and home to come all the way over, but I’m confident that when I meet the children of Lily of the Valley my anxiety will be subdued.
For those of you who don’t know I will be living in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa for the next ten months. I will be living and working in Durban with several organizations that I have partnered with the last few summers for the month of September, but come October 1st, I will spend the remainder of my trip working at Lily of the Valley orphanage (www.lilyofthevalley.org.za) located in the Valley of a Thousand Hills.
I plan to update this blog as much as possible, however, I do not yet know what my Internet situation will be like in the coming months. I would love for y’all to come on this journey with me, and thus I plan to post prayer requests, orphanage needs, and other ways for you to get involved as much as I can.
Habakkuk 1:5 says “Look at the nations and watch- and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe even if you were told.” I am eagerly awaiting the fulfillment of this passage this year!