This one time...I went to Africa

We saw a family of Elephants -- they were so close we could see their eyelashes!

All dressed up for church on Sunday.

One of the girls in the village where the school will be.

So I promised Julie I would post about my trip to Africa. It was SO amazing. I was in Lusaka, Zambia for about two weeks. The group I was with was great...our team really worked well together. We held a camp for the first four days we were there for about 150 girls. We each worked with a small group of girls and then also did a session that the different groups rotated through during the week.

I was supposed to be in charge of games using balls ie kickball and foursquare. BUT, a few days before we left my boss asked if I would be willing to switch to having "Girl Talk" instead. So, for four days, I talked to 150 different girls about puberty, sex, their bodies, etc. It was a bit awkward at times, but in the long run I think I really was able to help some of them. A lot of those subjects are taboo and don't get discussed, so lots of the girls opened up and had some honest questions to ask.

We are building a school for orphaned and underprivileged children as well. So, I got to see the village where that is going to happen, and after meeting with the chief three days in a row my boss got land donated for the school -- so, so very awesome. It is so amazing to be a part of the work God is doing in the lives of women and children in Africa. I LOVE my job :)

And, I got to go on a Safari!!