It's Been a Year!

Today I have been in Rwanda for a full year. And the Lord has been so amazingly faithful every step of the way. How true I have found Lamentations 3: 22-23 to be“The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning, great is Your faithfulness.” There was a while upon first arriving at site that most of my job was just doing paperwork in an office. How thankful I am that that has changed!

So what’s happening now? I able to be out of the office and working with children, in a variety of contexts ...

This picture is of me using a stuffed animal to teach teeth brushing during a Community Health Day

I've also been getting to continue my work as a Child Life Specialist in the local hospital! It is a delight to be able to bring play activites into an otherwise rather miserable environment for children...to have tears stop and smiles appear, what a great reason to be here!

SWAA (The Society for Women and AIDS in Africa) is the organization in Rwanda that I am partnered with. This picture is from a camp that we put on for Orphans and Vulnerable Children.

In November I took a trip to Uganda and went bungee jumping and whitewater rafting on the Nile River. It was incredible! But you know, even more incredible than that experince, is the incredible love of our Lord Jesus Christ!

"For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, not things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separated us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” ~ Romans 8:38-39

I am so thankful that He brought me to this beautiful continent and that He is continuing to work in and through me as I continue to be available to Him.

"Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will Bring it to pass" ~ 1 Thessalonians 5: 24

So with that, I'm looking forward to this year ahead and all that the Lord is going to do!