Sunday, November 26, 2006

Adventures in Photos By Grace

Life at Makapala...


YWAM Foundational Value # 9 skit


Grace and I at the Masquerade (She was Tigger, I was Little Red Riding Hood)



Tina (from Montreal) one of my staff buddies. She taught me how to make lei's and also leads a hula class a few times a week.


Cynthia... what to say? another staff buddy whom I love.


Grace and Kara


My staff buddy Jen. I like this picture cause it's her usual facial expression.


Ladies and Gentlemen: Dan Shannon
He was our speaker the first week and we liked him so much we keep kidnapping him from kona and bringing him back. Everytime he comes though there is an earthquake.


Staff Chele with Grace at the beach (Grace took all these pictures). I don't know Chele very well but we have good hugs. I like her.


The Care Bears at the Masquerade. (Brit, Amy, and Deborah)


Kara and I in town. Kara is one of my outreach leaders and also my one on one. She is beautiful and kind. I love her.


The one and only Sara Biggs. One of my favorite people in the entire world.

Friday, November 24, 2006

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Adventures in Uganda Preparation

Tonight's outreach team meeting was so exciting! We heard from a guy named Dan Shannon who actually taught the first week of our school. He has been to Uganda and showed us photos of an orphanage where we could be going.

About every six months a child dies there. The place is called "Heaven's Gate" because it is to prepare children for heaven. Each child is either HIV positive or has full blown AIDS. They teach them hope and how much Jesus loves them. There is a wall in one of the main areas where there is a photo of every child who has died there.

We saw video clips of the children skipping rope and singing. They looked so happy. All the girls have their hair braided with little beads on the end. They are so beautiful. We also saw photos of babies in cribs. All these babies and children are HIV positive and have either been abandoned or have lost their parents to AIDS. With the help of medicines provided at this orphanage many of them live to be teenagers and beyond. A small infection or virus however can deteriorate their health very quickly.

Tomorrow is never promised to them. Yet they have come to have hope in God.

The children are so beautiful. Nothing in me is worthy of getting to meet them.

Adventures in Photographs


(above) the main campus in Kona. This is where we line up for food every Thursday when we travel to Kona.



(above) The stairs up to the main campus. They lead from the front gate (below) up to the GO Center (Global Outreach Center).