I tend to recommend worship songs whenever I write a new blog post, so I’ll just go ahead and tell you what my favorite song is right now: Seasons by Hillsong.

As most of you may know, I am heading back to the states in seven to eight months. Mom and I have recently been looking up possible gap year programs, cosmetology courses I may want to take, and more. I finish high school and graduate in June, and begin what will probably be a rough transition. It’s rough adjusting to America even when you know you’ll be there for a month, so I’m a little bit nervous to move there indefinitely.

Some challenges have already arose just in this short month that we’ve been back. I had quite the day today and I decided to come home and play some worship songs on my ukulele, just to get me in a better mindset. I decided on Seasons, of course, and hit the lyric “if You’re not done working, God I’m not done waiting. For all I know of seasons is that You take Your time”. As I sang that line, I heard a loud voice repeating it in my head. A loud voice that made me stop worshiping and just break down into tears as I continued to repeat the lyric to myself. I just know that right then God filled my room with his overwhelming presence and just kept on repeating “Yes, this season will take time and it will be rough, but I am working! Put your faith wholly in me! I am your salvation!”

Wow, just writing this makes me tear up.

While it’s completely mind blowing, hearing God’s voice clear as day brings me more comfort than I could ever ask for. To physically feel the arms of the Father wrap around you as He gives you reassurance is the best sensation to ever feel. I feel like no one is in the house but me, God, and his unrelenting grace and love. These kind of instances just make me exclaim “how great is our God” over and over again throughout my mind. The Lord is omnipresent, meaning He is everywhere, and  you can still feel like it’s just you and Him in times of trouble and surrendering yourself to Him.

I have no trouble admitting  that I’ve encountered many obstacles already this year and that I will continue to encounter even more, but knowing that God will constantly have His arms open whenever I need to run to Him comforts me.

This is a short blog, and I apologize, but I just had to go ahead and get what just happened out there to all of you who are reading. To end however, I have a few prayer requests.

Please pray that throughout these next few months I am able to really narrow down what I will be doing once I move! I am so excited to be able to spend more time with friends and family when we reach America later this year. Please pray for a smooth transition for mom and dad as well, seeing as that they will be coming back to Uganda without me next year. That’s a hard pill for them to swallow and a almost a tougher one for me to swallow as well!

Overall, please pray for correct guidance over students coming to Amazima this year. Pray for new teachers, new family mentors, and even us to carry love, wisdom and bravery as we face this new school year ahead of us.

Thank you so much for reading!