through my eyes... scene V

Just hangin' out...

through my eyes... scene IV

Things people do in Luanda Angola...
Fishing...

home improvement...

School...

Selling... fruit and nuts...

...handmade brooms...

...shoes...

...air fresheners... or anything they can find. We saw someone selling toilet paper on the street too!

Soccer games go on all over the place!

Singing...

...dancing...

... and going to Church are also some of the things these beautiful people do.


Update on next trip to Angola:

I received an email from our team leader earlier this week! We are going to try and schedule a trip for maybe June 3rd or 4th through June 15th to go into the Interior to hand out Nets in the Villages or fly to Cunene/Ungiva (?) to hand out Nets to the Refugee camps. There has been a lot of flooding and so they have these Refugee camps that have no help.

That is all I know for now... things could change or fall through if we can't get the funding needed or if we aren't able to purchase enough nets. Please pray for our team and the people who's lives could be touched.

Thank you!
LC

Do Something Funny For Money!

Today is Red Nose Day in the UK. I love the idea and think it is another great opportunity for us to help the people of Africa.

Have a fun filled day!

LC

through my eyes... scene III

through my eyes... scene II

Favorite Faces

through my eyes... scene I

I need Africa...

I saw this video posted on a friends blog today. Boy does God know when I need a kick in the rear!

I have been moping around for the past couple of weeks because MY life isn't going the way I wanted it to go! I have been subconsciously yet fervently looking for something to "obsess" about (a little game I play to avoid depression... hence the frogs... and the earrings... and food... and sleep).

Anyway, I had almost forgotten the opportunity I was given. I need Africa more than Africa needs me!

I need to remember the joy in the face of the child with nothing. I need to remember the excitement in the eyes of the man hearing the Gospel the first time. I need to remember the woman graciously receiving a gift from a stranger. So many beautiful memories I was given on my trip to Angola.

How could I have become so jaded in such a short time? They have so little and I have so much! How could I forget how blessed I am?

I am ashamed at my lack of faith! I know that MY God has a plan for me and I need to relax and follow Him.



In the following weeks I am going to post some of my favorite photos of my trip to Luanda, Angola. I hope they give you a glimmer of the hope they gave me.

Back to Africa!!!

Yes... that is right! I am going back to Africa!

For those of you that don't know I went to Luanda, Angola a year ago this week.


I went with a group from my church FBC Garland for a non-profit group called His Nets.

Our goal there was to distribute mosquito nets (mosquiteros) to the people and throw in a little Jesus where we could. It turned out there were a lot of places to do both!

Color-synthesizing scanning electron microscope image by David Scharf.

I had the time of my life and just found out that I get to go back in June of 2009! I don't have much information on where in the country we will go or what we will be focusing on next time. But... I will let you know when I find out. I have been studying Portuguese since we got back in hopes that we would return.

I am soooooo exctied!