Round 2

Seeing is different than being told- African proverb

Today I found out that this summer I will have another great opportunity to visit Africa. I will join a group of 5 other North Central students along with our assistant ministry and service director and her husband. We will travel to Uganda and Kenya for 4 weeks.

In Uganda, we will help to set up a resource center for disadvantaged children and create a refugee document center. That all includes building, painting, carpentry work, gardening and planting. We will be able to learn the stories of these people, many whom seek shelter in Uganda as refugees. After 2 weeks, we will leave the rural areas of Entebbe to travel to Nairobi.

In Nairobi, we will stay at Shalom House, the place I lived last summer. We will do similar activities such as visiting an AIDS, touring social development projects, and enjoying the centers that are home to many street kids.

I’m so excited to be able to see familiar African faces. I’m even more excited to be a part of other students’ first African experience. It is one thing to be able to share stories of what Kenya was like but to be there when others are seeing it for themselves will be amazing in its own way. After coming home last summer, I did not think I could be blessed anymore than I already was. But two trips…