Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “africa”
A FRESH START The smell of mold is what first struck me as we walked into the concrete room with ten foot high walls which did NOT reach the rafters looming above, home to their own tiny residents. We had been given this “house” as our home for the next two weeks. My thoughts began swirling with anxiety over my …
story from Amy, who co-led the BSN/BELT team to Nigeria, Zanzibar and Tanzania. We sat in blue plastic lawn chairs in the front of the concrete church building in Zanzibar, listening intently. Prisca, one of the participants in our Biblical Education and Leadership Training (BELT) seminar, was sharing a testimony from her weekend outreach, and she had everyone’s rapt attention. Prisca and …
Written by Codi DTS Student Our team has traveled from the town of Jinja, Uganda, to an island that had a YWAM hospital, to a village in Kenya that had no electricity. In the last week of our outreach, the entire team is excited to have the ability to see family and friends but is sad to be leaving Kenya. …
Written by Marco DTS Student Nine from our team headed out from YWAM Hopeland in Uganda to do prison ministry and door-to-door evangelism. We arrived first at the prison and discovered they were not ready for us. We promptly switched gears, and went into the town nearby. Solomon and Tory joined forces as he was asked to speak on a …
Written by Brad DTS Student The hot rays of sunshine scorched down as our team unpacked their luggage and hammocks, bundling themselves to hide their muzungul (white people) skin from the blazing African sun. The boat carrying us across Lake Victoria leaked, and it was a gentleman’s job to bail out the water with a pail. Sunburnt and exhausted, we …
By Keaton DTS Student Africa is a beautiful continent; filled with color, culture, and crazy cuisine. Africa has also opened my eyes to some serious issues in the world. In America, Africa problems seemed all too far away to care about. However, the sight, sound and smell of poverty are all too real in person. One example of the poverty …
By Brad DTS Student The first people our team met during our day of evangelism in Uganda were three Muslim women. As Brook and Codi spoke to the women, they began to understand more of what the women believe. Brook, taking what he understood and letting the Holy Spirit work through him, began to explain to the women how the …
By Breland DTS Student At the end of our first week in Uganda, we visited the home of our hostess where we were able to hear the testimony of a little boy named Albert. Monique, our hostess, houses 20 orphaned children at all times. As I listened to Monique tell this 12-year-old boy’s story, I couldn’t help noticing the large …
“Are you offended to talk with prostitutes?” asked the local pastor who was leading our group in door-to-door evangelism. It took me a moment to realize he was asking a serious question. The three of us responded simultaneously, a chorus of “no” and “of course not.” “Here is a bar,” he continued. I smiled at Sam and the two others …
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