Africa

I never really thought about Africa much when I was younger, but recently it is all I can think about. Today I was applying for a job in one tab while looking at international cell phones in another. Yesterday I was ingesting as much information on Uganda as I could; whereas normally I would be on stumbleupon mindlessly surfing the internet hoping that I would see some funny viral video about a monkey lighting a cigarette while blowing flames from its rear. But life seems so much different now, I wake up with a purpose I go to sleep with a purpose and I want to experience this journey at full speed. I want to do what God has for me the same way a formula one driver takes to the track, I want to go recklessly fast, I want to use my brakes more as a way of turning rather than stopping, I want to feel every bump in the road. But more than anything I want to stay in Jesus' arms, because I have never been so warm, so content, so sure that my life has a purpose. In fact I have started to realize that this is all God wants from me. Or more specifically all he wants is me, my time, my laughter, my pain, my love, my worship, my goals, my everything! I just want to shout at the top of my lungs how great it feels to not be wanted because I have anything to offer, but to be wanted because I have nothing to offer!

But why Africa, well if you have ever met my beautiful girlfriend you would know that she, since a little girl, has always had a heart for Africa. But for me I have never really had a heart for a country. I have always known that I would one day move away from my home and cross "the big blue wet thing" and land somewhere and just live. Now I do admit that there were years here and there that I would focus on one nation or another. I spent some time in Central America so I thought I would end up there, I went to South America a couple times and thought that I could live there, I even thought I would one day end up in Haiti. And one day God may call me to any of those places but for now he has my heart set on Africa but more specifically on Uganda.

Here is a little bit about Uganda copied directly from the most accurate of sources, Wikipedia.

Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, which is also shared by Kenya and Tanzania.

I wish I had some great story on why Logan and I are focused on Uganda but truth be told we are just opening doors and asking that God will close them as fast as we open them. We were introduced to an orphanage in Uganda, named Good Shepard's Fold, by our friends/mentors Alan and Diane Ramsey. God has yet to shut this door so we are going full steam ahead.

Logan and I are fervently praying for what our future holds. But, in quoting my pastor, we know that following God is like following a Bumble Bee, it is all over the place. We are not settled on anything other than the fact that we are Gods and we are willing to do anything or be anywhere just so that we can be with Him. As far as time lines go, we don't know. There are a lot of things that must happen before Logan and I can go, so to answer that question right now is impossible.

Thank you so much for going on this journey with Logan and me and I cant wait to tell you more.

Jonathan