Updates From:
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‘Sup gang. We’ve been runnin’ this whole SLAM biz in different regions and cultural contexts for a coupla weeks now. The different cultures really do express the varied challenges our team has to work with, but there’s one detail found in every SLAM week…
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This trip has been such an eye opening experience. Today marks day #10 (when I wrote this) and a lot has happened since we got here. Right now we are sitting here at a hotel waiting for some food. This trip has been eye…
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There’s this thing that happens on mission trips that I’ve learned to expect but always remain surprised by. It’s when the people we go to serve and bless become a greater blessing to us. I wish I could articulate this feeling better, but I’ll…
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Hello All, We just finished a SLAM Service Week in Mombasa, Kenya which was, while shortened from a full week, incredibly impactful. Mr. Garner was talking to us during our transit back to Uganda about the concept of having our eyes opened to certain…
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Hello All, One of my favorite ways to serve is through AV. I find it’s such a unique way to serve because of how varying the needs are. From Nashville SLAM weeks with big bands, light setups, and like 7 wireless microphones between 14…
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Serving for Slam Kenya was a little more challenging than Uganda. There were several challenges such as language barrier. Most of the kids knew just the basics in English and the rest was purely Swahili for them. So many a time we had to…
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Serving for SLAM Kabonge was a life changing experience. Interacting with these kids from various areas and walks of life and serving with them was eye opening . I learnt humility, serving and to put others before myself. I was assigned a tent to…
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Currently I am in a 14 passenger van somewhere on the dusty roads in the middle of Uganda going somewhere, although I couldn’t tell you where I just know it’s somewhere in Africa. We’ve been traveling for just about 5 hours on bumpy (might…
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Today we just finished our last SLAM week. It was so impactful and inspiring. These kids really knew the Bible and were ready to learn more. We stayed in a really cool spot near the beach and it was a very big campus. So…
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So some things happened since my last blog. Here’s a recap: – We did a fun two day plane-hopping extravaganza. El Salvador to Nashville (six hour flight) to London (eight) to Qatar (six) to Uganda (I think three) I got very little sleep and…
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