I have always felt a calling to go to Africa. I just didn't know when it would be. I guess it would be now!

I created this blog so as to share with everyone this new chapter in my life as I journey through it. I will be forever grateful to each of you for your prayers, your support, your friendship, and your amazing generosity to help change lives!

I hope I can convey our travels, our experiences, and the difference, each one of you, are helping to make possible in these children of Uganda! Please follow us as we try to be the hands and feet of Jesus, all because you believed in this purpose with us! I love each and every one of you dearly!

Jodi

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Hi everyone! 
Well, just about 36+ hours and counting! Tomorrow evening will be spent with our H.E.A.L. Ministries Team, packing for the orphans and the single moms of Jinja, Uganda. We will be making up about 30-35 purses and putting some shampoo, conditioner, soap, Kleenex packets, and other personal effects in each one to bring as gifts. If anyone has some gently used purses they would like to donate, I will gladly fetch them up from you!! For the kids, we have gummy bears, chewable vitamins, and the like. We also have over 1500 beads to pack for making hemp and beaded bracelets with the children as an activity, in conjunction with a VBS study. I believe that will be held within Katie Davis' organization and children. (If you haven't already, I strongly encourage you to read her book, "Kisses from Katie") At around 6PM tomorrow, we will be attending a dinner for the 10 team members and their families for a going-away meal and prayer time. Please feel free to join us in prayer from where ever you are!

I must admit, along with some stomach issues, a migraine, and some sleeplessness, I have had about a day and 1/2 of complete meltdowns! I already have a slight disorder I deal with daily in regards to leaving home along with some anxiety issues. I work through these each and every time I have to go to work! Jim has been so understanding and loving in helping me work through this. Also, thankfully, I have an amazing doctor who is, not only incredibly in-tune and up-to-date on these things, but also kind, understanding, supportive, prayerful, intelligent, and through God's sweet blessings, our friend! He and his family have played an imperative role in our walk, and growth, in the Lord. Thank you guys!

All that to say, I am not only grateful for modern medication, :) but I am also not sure where this particular fear and anxiety has crept in from. I DO know however, that II Timothy 1:7 tells us the "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." (NKJV) Therefore, it's pretty easy to ascertain that this fear and anxiety is coming from the enemy.  Of course, he will try and throw whatever cog in the works he can. Yea for us that the enemy is already defeated and has NO power over us! I'll just continue to name it and claim it and will not cave to his lies!
Whew! That actually did me a ton of good to actually write it "out loud" if you will, and see the scripture! Thank you for enduring me through my self-help-scripture-study!
I will try to be diligent in my writings and post as many pictures as I can. Thank you for sharing this journey with me! I love you and am blessed by your friendship!!
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