Boring admin details

A few people have asked me how they can send parcels etc out to me in the DR Congo. As you'd suspect the postal system in the Congo ain't the best so Medair have suggested sending anything to Uganda and it will get to me in the DRC. Ther address details are

Medair, PO box 33333, Kampala, Uganda

For giving financially I'd suggest using this site http://www.stewardship.org.uk/christian_workers.htm
That way I will recieve the gift aid. I won't be posting my bank details on here but if you want them either leave a comment on here, drop me an e-mail or look for the details of the mission partners on the Ivy website. Thanks

Back to Uganda

A few weeks back I confirmed with Come, Let's Dance that I'll be serving with them this fall in Kampala! I have so much I want to post about the details of this adventure, including lots of info on CLD's different projects and focus in Uganda. More soon to come on this, I promise! I plan to head over there at the end of August to join the CLD team until Christmas to start with.

But as if that weren't exciting enough, I have more recent news...I'm getting on a plane in one week to fly to Uganda and work for Medair again at my old job in Kaabong for the month of June! All of this has come up within the past week and I literally gave a week's notice at work today. My boss is ever so gracious & was so supportive of me embracing this amazing opportunity - which was my biggest fear in planning to leave so quickly. The long/short of this is that there is a gap in leadership for the Kaabong team in the month of June coupled with a major amount of work and they really need someone to fill in that already knows the position and staff - namely, me! I'm really thrilled to get to step back into this position for this short time and serve my staff there again! Plus, I'm amazed that I get to go back to Kaabong at all! I was hoping to visit there this fall, but you can never be sure. What an incredible opportunity!

More to come!

Please Watch!

My friends Terrill & Amber are working in Kaabong currently with SIL, a branch of Wycliffe Bible Translators. This week a media team from Wycliffe is in Kaabong this week and have put together a youtube video featuring Amber's work with the Karamojong people.

Lots of Uganda friend-love!

Over the past three weeks I've had the privilege of visiting with 3 friends that I was close to while living in Uganda. The first was a weekend trip I took to Lubbock, Texas to visit with Jacob and Georgia. For my first seven months in Kaabong, they were living and working as missionaries with the Baptist mission. Their love and support, as well as being fellow-americans, was priceless for me through some of my toughest moments over there. I was so encouraged by this opportunity to see them again. We spent the short time I had with them reminiscing, processing a bit of the journey we've been on since being back in the states, and making new memories. Georgia & I have been training together from afar for a 10k run this June, so we made sure to get a run in as well. What a blessing it was to see their faces in person once again!




Georgia & I hit up World Market for Tim Tams & left with a few chocolate bunnies as well...

My second visit was with Trace, my co-worker and good friend from my Medair team in Kaabong. She came all the way from Bristol, UK to spend a week in Denver, just to hang out with me. It was so good to be with another friend who knows me from Uganda, someone who was there as well through the toughest of times for me. We had such a blast exploring Denver, the mountains, and just laughing and talking a lot!

eating her first 'real' taco!

with the Estes Park ducky...

more chocolates...yum!

What im doing???

Ive just come back frm 4 days in Switzerland with Medair. I was there for my HQ briefing. It was pretty much information overload, but all very interesting. Specifically i learnt a lot more about my role as a Logistics and Finance Manager for the projects in Isiro. I guess my role is really a support role fot projectds which are mostly medical related, delivering mobile clinics, HIV projects etc.

So what am i looking forward to and what am i getting nervous about. The idea of working for Medair is very attractive I have no doubt God is calling me to a career in relief work. I think i really connected with the orgnaisation and the people there, it seems to be the right fit, hopefully for them and me. I am excited about the role, about renewing my French, about being part of the Medair family but most of all, about serving the most vulnerable people in the DR Congo.

Knowing what im like though, i need to be caerful about managing exectations, and thats twofold. Managing my expectations of of the other guys on my team, the local staff (i think i will have about 20-30 reporting to me) but also trying to understand their expectations of me. By nature, im a pleaser - I hate letting people down and don't like making mistakes. Ok, lets be realistic for a minute - in the first few months i expect to make a few mistakes but i guess im a little nervous about this aspect of being a relief worker for Medair.