I cannot believe three whole years have gone by since my brown beauty girl arrived. It truly feels unreal. She is such a light in my life and I can not imagine what even a day would be like without her.
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there isn't any fear here. there isn't any fear in love, when you come, when you come. there isn't any hurt here that you don't want to overwhelm, when you come, when come. oh, i am speechless but i can't keep quiet. i am wordless but i can't stay silent. there isn't any rush here, so i'm just gonna wait on you. and linger longer. 'cause every time i find you, i'm a little more undone, when you come, when you come. i am speechless but i can't keep quiet. i am wordless but i can't stay silent. oh, i'm lost for words to say. oh, you take my breath away. oh, you move me, and i can't define it. you consume me, and I can't describe it i am speechless, but i can't keep quiet. i am wordless, but I can't stay silent, silent. oh, i'm lost for words to say oh, you take my breath away. there isn't any fear here. there isn't any fear in love. lyrics to wordless, lauren daigle
i ugly cried today. this is my phone lock screen. this sweet baby is Patience. I took a screen shot of her, kissing the phone, while we were on Face Time together. jinja changed my life. Africa has meant something special to me for as long as I can remember. I don't know how or why it started. But then I went to Jinja. Jinja, Uganda. In Africa. 2014 was my first trip and it was the best thing that has ever happened to me. sometimes I think I'm catching a whiff of something that smells like the dirt. Like the air. I catch a whiff and I'm taken back to that first ride from the airport in Entebbe to Jinja. And I cannot believe that I have experienced something so beautiful. So life changing. So full of the Lord. it is so hard to be here. so deeply difficult (sorry, mom). if I'm being honest, it's the most real, intense sense of homesickness I have ever felt. I'm just not sure how to even describe it all in a way that could make anyone understand. what I've decided, for now, is that that's okay. It's okay. in 2 weeks, I am getting on a plane... A few planes. And I'm going to take a long trip - about 24 hours. And I'm going to fly into the country I love so much. And take a loooooooong ride out to Jinja. And I'm going to wake up to the sound of Patience. She'll be playing + laughing + getting ready for preschool and my heart will be so truly full. heal-ministries.org
sometimes you meet someone who changes your life. + then you leave to start a new chapter. but they're still there, changing you + loving you + being a really great human. And then they leave to start a new chapter in their life. + you're not sure how that's going to affect you + your relationship. but you're hopeful + trusting that God gave you this friendship // no. this family. // for a reason + that he isn't taking it away, just changing things up. Emily, I love you so much + I'm so proud of you. Thanks for loving me no matter what. You're going to rock SCAD.
i am so thankful to be preparing for my 3rd trip to The James Place in Jinja, Uganda (heal-ministries.org). This trip is going to be very different from my first two, and I am getting so excited. I will be traveling with one other person (pray for us!). While there, we will be taking photographs and creating videos to help inform YOU about the different programs that make the James Place so great. There are several ways that you can help: 1. T shirts are available for purchase through the month of April. By purchasing a shirt, you are contributing to u trip funds: flights, room + board, and food. 2. You can donate! I am collecting a few specific items to donate to the preschool program at The James Place: colored pencils, construction paper, glue sticks, stickers, and also children's gummy vitamins. Please contact me if you are interested in donating, or hosting your own drive to collect these items. 3. As I am still in need of funds, I am accepting cash/check/PayPal donations as well. Please contact me if this interests you! i am asking for, most importantly, prayers from anyone reading this. Jinja is such a special place to me and I am open to what God has in store for this return trip. I just saw my blog post where I wrote about trying to use my app to work out. Again. And it didn't work. For a few reasons. Then I decided I was going to find a way to make this happen for me. I finally decided that I have to get into shape. And fast. So I joined Pure Barre. More importantly, I joined with a friend. We got a great deal for a month of unlimited classes. I've been 5 times and I look forward to going. Every. Single. Time. And I feel absolutely great when I leave. At this point, I am sad already for when the month is up. I never imagined a ball, a double tube, and some 2 lb weights would make me feel like this! What I'm saying is - you should lift, tone, burn because it's amazing.
headed back to Uganda in less than 4 months. wasn't sure it was going to happen this year, but thankfully there was an opening on a team! please consider purchasing my new shirt to help me fundraise! here's the link! check it out! please! https://booster.com/kwagala
well. I tried to work out today. I'm using a cool app and it lets me design my own workouts. I was a little overzealous, it seems. I picked strength and circuit workouts that I thought I could really succeed with. Boy, was I wrong! I tried abs today... + I don't think I got through half of it. Okay - maybe exactly half. I'm really out of shape, y'all. But I really want to get better. I want to look differently. But more importantly, I want to feel differently. I really hope I can stick to this. At least at first, I want to get through something each day after school. I know that if I can stick to this, I'm going to feel better and I'm going to continually find myself doing better with each exercise.
Pray for me! apparently I bake, now
decorating the tree + the vsfsit's the best night of the year!! ...the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. And this year, it was made even better... By tree decorating!! So far, our first Christmas season has been a total success!!
tonight we purchased our very first Christmas tree. on Christmas Day, we will have been married {almost} 6 months. I cannot wait to celebrate this first Christmas with my h u s b a n d! we are still in search of a tree topper and a tree skirt! if you have suggestions, please point me in the right direction!!
{I think} I'm done buying all of Donovan's presents... Still some stocking stuffers to get {to help Santa} but I'm really really pumped! The only thing missing is a tree!
so so excited about our stockings that I ordered from BurlapBabe on Etsy! This picture is from the listing... but ours will basically be exactly the same. This will be our 8th Christmas together (I think) but our first one as a married couple and we are so so excited!!
this day. // can't wait to see the rest Unfortunately, tonight I found out that my dress was no longer able to be altered to look as I wanted it to for our wedding day. Honestly, it was atrocious. So, tomorrow morning, I am starting over. I began this "do over" by purchasing new wedding shoes. I am sure no one would be surprised to see these on my feet that night!
While we are not leaving the James Place until 1pm today, we said some of our goodbyes yesterday. Some of you reading this know that some of us on the team are emotional people and this was obviously a difficult but sweet time for us. We attended staff meeting and then the staff shared some ways that they have been blessed by us and since several of us were crying, Bethany expressed our gratitude and thanks towards them as well. Later, we were able to worship with the women in their community, the Masese slum. This was probably one of the most memorable experiences for all of us because they were just so proud of their community and honored to have us their. The feeling was definitely mutual! There is a song that the people here sing, in Luganda and English, that says "My Miracle is Already Here". Last year, that song broke me and I hadn't heard it this year until yesterday. I couldn't even sing it with them because I was crying but, man! What a song! We have all learned so much about these women as well as life lessons from them. It is an incredible blessing to have made these friends and sisters in Christ and to know that though we are miles and miles apart, *tears* they are praying for us and encouraging us and we will absolutely be doing the same for them. Again, we were able to share with the ladies, and them us, about how we have enjoyed this time and how blessed we have been. And again, Bethany spoke for us because some of us were crying. Again. This experience is, in some ways, indescribable, and we are changed because of this place. It's so difficult to even think about explaining what this time has meant to me. Going home is bittersweet, for sure. Such a big part of my heart (and hopefully my future) is here at the James Place. All along, I've meant it when I've said that Jinja, Uganda is the greatest place on earth. |
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