The Next Step...Africa!

Hello All!!
 If you have not yet heard...I am going to Africa for 9 months!!! Yes, Africa!! How did this all come about? Let me tell you!
I finished working at TreeHouse in the Twin Cities in March and was unemployed from then til May. In seeking what kind of job should I get, should I go back to school, where should I go, should I move, etc. The Lord made it clear that Africa was where I should go. I was very surprised but yet I have wanted to go since 2005 when I heard of the organization Mocha Club: https://www.themochaclub.org/
With school, and graduating it never seemed to work out and I didn't want to go for a couple weeks and spend $3,000; If i'm going to make the trip I want to be there for awhile to get to know the culture etc.

So I started pursuing the idea and verbalizing it with friends and anyone around. I heard of Africa Inland Missions and put in my interest. Since then I have been officially accepted and will be leaving early October to go to Tororo, Uganda to work at Smile Africa.

Smile Africa is an orphanage that currently 400 children come to. It is a day program facility because they don't have the housing to house them all. The children receive showers, meals, schooling, church, and free time while there during the day. They also have an infant room, schooling for teenage and widowed women to learn trades so they have a job to earn money when they are done.

As you can see on the side of my blog I am needing to raise $12,000 to be there. These funds help the costs of living there, my medical needs before and during, and the cost of traveling there and back.  If you would like to partner with me and haven't received a letter please send me your address and I will be sure to do so!

I am going to be updating my blog as much as I can before and during my time at Smile. Please check often to be updated with what is going on! I hope to add videos and pictures as much as I can!

Blessings!

Leah