her.

i don't know her name.
i don't know her story.
i know nothing about her...

...but there's something about her.
her face.
her eyes haunt me.
i can't get her face out of my head.

this girl is special.
she is beautiful.
God knows her name.
He knows her story.
and He has a special plan for her,
this beautiful Ugandan child.

half of my heart.

i'm back from 2 weeks in Uganda.
i'm currently sitting on my bed in America, listening to Jesus Culture radio on Pandora, trying to process everything.
i'm near tears, my heart misses my new Ugandan family.
the only thing i want right now is to be back in Uganda.

i want to tell you everything that happened.
i want to describe every. little. thing.

but the words refuse come.

i want you to smell the things i smelled.
i want you to see the things i saw.
i want you to hear the things i heard.
i want you to feel the things i felt (feel).

but it doesn't work like that.

i want to write it all down, but i don't even know where to start.

i think i need to process it a little more before i can blog it.

all i know is that i left the other half of my heart in Uganda.
(i left the first half of my heart in Greece.)

hello from Uganda!

hey everyone!

just letting you know that i'm still alive. :)
i haven't had much time to get internet, but i'm okay and having fun in Uganda.

i can't wait to post photos for you all!

keep us and the kids we're working with in you prayers! thanks for your support! :)

dream big.

my passport came on Monday, praise the Lord! things are starting to come together. :)

i just took my first malaria pill, and it's starting to sink in that i am GOING TO AFRICA on Saturday!

when i was a kid, i dreamed about going to Africa someday. 

i remember wishing i could be grown up so i could travel the world. 

i remember thinking about what it would be like...and wondering if i'd ever get the chance to go. 

yet here i am. 

19 years old.

traveling the world.

i think the only reason i'm here, doing what i love to do, is because i dared to dream big. 

i talk to so many people who haven't traveled outside of the States, simply because they haven't done it. the only thing stopping them has been themselves. it bothers me because the world holds so many fantastic people and places. it's an adventure that i wouldn't want to miss. i can't imagine NOT traveling. i've dreamed big dreams, then watched God bring them into my life. 

i think i may be the luckiest girl alive. 

i'm living my dreams. 

Africa, here i come! :)

2 days until Uganda!