In May and June 2013, Rasmus and I visited Burundi and Uganda. I spent the first five days at the Amahoro Conference, then we flew to Burundi to stay in the home of Kelley and Claude Nikondeha with the She Loves ladies, visiting their community development projects at Matara and Bubanza. Afterwards, we flew back to Uganda and visited River of Life Church in Uganda, where we sponsor two children. Here you can find all the stories I wrote down from our trip.
It’s been one year since our trip to Uganda and Burundi, to attend the Amahoro gathering in Entebbe, visit our friends Kelley and Claude in Burundi with the SheLoves group, and then to Masaka, Uganda to visit an old friend of mine and see the ministry of a local church there that we support. I…
A little under a year ago I sat on top of a hill looking out over the surrounding Ugandan towns and villages, and cried with the weight of all I’d seen and heard in the last two and a half weeks. My mind thought back to the incredible leaders and visionaries I’d met and listened…
In ten days time I turn 30. It’s one of those age milestones that seems to strike fear into the hearts of many. Every birthday, not least the “big” ones, can usher in the normally-well-buried anxieties about purpose and meaning. How did I get here? Is this really where I am meant to be? Am I…
Back in May I got to attend the Amahoro gathering in Uganda, together with some of the wonderful She Loves ladies. I had late night conversations with my roomie Teen; we called the ever-brave Leigh when we had ghekko “issues”; and we spent an incredible four days at Kelley’s beautiful home in Burundi. One of…
We walked up the dusty path, stones and dirt getting into my sandals, one hand holding my long skirt above my ankles to try and prevent it caking in dirt. A small grubby hand caught mine as it swung by my side and I looked down to see a shy smile tossed up in my…
And then there were the babies. January this year was a hard month for me, as I marked the due date I would have had if I hadn’t miscarried my baby six months earlier. It was in that hard place that I got an email that made my heart jump. The new baby unit had…
