http://jasonstrip.today.com Where in Africa am I? Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:29:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The day at the slum in Nairobi was the most difficult time of the entire trip.  The reality that humans live in a place like that is unbelievable.  All of us spent the evening in a new sense of reality.  Wednesday morning we boarded a flight and headed to remote East Africa.  ... http://jasonstrip.today.com/2007/08/03/the-close/ Looking down at my fingers on this keyboard, I am struggling with where to begin. So much happened today and my thoughts are many and jumbled.  I thought I saw the most desperate place yesterday, nothing doing.  Today was an emotionally difficult day.  I woke up anxious about it, but ... http://jasonstrip.today.com/2007/07/28/hard-day/ I have to admit that today was the most tiring day so far.  Joe and I  left our window opened in the hotel we stayed at in Entebbe and we were being flocked by mosquitoes around 3:00a.m.  We closed the window, sprayed, but it got to hot and the mosquitoes ... http://jasonstrip.today.com/2007/07/23/monday-to-nairobi-kenya/ Please bare with mispellings and grammar...I'm not good at that, plus I am very tired when I am writing this. I woke to my last sunrise in Jinja, Uganda for this trip this morning.  I read a little in Daniel and Romans and spent a good bit of time praising God.  ... http://jasonstrip.today.com/2007/07/22/sunday-in-uganda/ Saturday was a great day.  Pete, Jim, Joe, Paul, Michael, and I were picked up by our pastor/host Hudson and he was wearing the most amazing shirt.  It looked like it was designed for the Vanagon!  We made a 30 minute or so drive to Lugazi, Uganda where Pastor Hudson ... http://jasonstrip.today.com/2007/07/21/19/ Today has turned out to be a great day. After an early breakfast we headed to the Fathers Divine Love Ministry.  This ministry has a church, school and orphanage.  We had a great time being entertained by the children with a couple of hours of song, dance, testimonies and scripture ... http://jasonstrip.today.com/2007/07/20/friday-july-20-in-jinja-uganda/ We stayed at the great place last night in Ethiopia...awesome food.  We left this morning for Uganda.  We arrived into Kampala, Uganda at 2:50p.m.  We were picked up by a local pastor and went and visited our first orphanage for this trip.  We were literally ran over by the children's ... http://jasonstrip.today.com/2007/07/19/in-uganda/  We had a delayed start for our travel.  Our flight from Northwest Arkansas was delayed a few hours...we were still able to make our connection in Chicago though.  After lunch at Chili's at the Ohare Airport (Thanks Joe for lunch) we boarded a huge Lufthansa 747, double-decker plane.  We left ... http://jasonstrip.today.com/2007/07/18/almost-to-uganda/ This morning came quickly, it is about time for our team to take off.  This morning, lots of things are on my mind.  The full anxiety of being gone and flying for such a long way has peaked.  This morning, I was reminded about the passage in Revelation 5.  I ... http://jasonstrip.today.com/2007/07/17/here-we-go/ The coolest thing ever, I get to go to Africa!  I leave tomorrow. I will be traveling with Pete Allen, Jim Robason, and Joe Smith.  The crazy thing is I have only known about this mission trip for a few weeks.  Pete Allen showed up at our annual rummage sale and offered ... http://jasonstrip.today.com/2007/07/16/4/