Back in April, 2008, they announced at the church that I go to called Flood (diveintoflood.com) about a short term mission trip through an organization called Children of the Nations (COTN) that would be taking place in the summer. I had wanted to go to Africa my senior year but the trip did not work out. I jumped on this opportunity and was put on a team that was set to leave July 11th for a town in Northern Uganda called Lira.
After many weeks of training for the trip, getting vaccinations, packing, and gathering funds (thank you to everyone who donated) I was all set to leave. I woke up early in the morning to catch our flight. Our team gathered at the airport and sent all of our bags and 12 boxes of supplies. After 4 flights and 27 hours of flying we arrived in Entebbe, Uganda. We spent the night at a Christian College called African Bible College. The next day, after a 6 hour van ride we arrived at our destination in Lira. This is when my journey really began.
