Hello! I'm Grace. Most of you will have followed me over from my gap year blog. I've just returned from 10 months in Uganda serving with the charity Smile International. While I was out there, I kept a blog - www.gracegapyear.blogspot.com - below I will insert a snippet for you to get an idea of where I'm at at the moment!
"Well, there we go! Back in England. Everyday I seem to see someone who I've not seen yet and so lots of hugs have been shared over the past two weeks. Adjusting to life back in England is taking some time. I don't think I'll ever get used to some things and I've certainly come home with a passion for justice.
Going to Uganda changed my life. And I don't say that lightly. I was always interested in the developing world and there was a little flame burning inside of me with the passion for serving the poor and fighting injustice. Now that little flame is a consuming inferno. There's no way I can sit back and enjoy my comfortable English life, ignorant of the world beyond my doorstep. I must go and I must serve and I must follow my Lord Jesus. I have such anger inside of me, but it's righteous anger. It's my duty to speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves and give courage to those who know that there is more to life than how they are currently living. I refuse to watch the world destroy itself. I could talk about this all day, but I will end here."
In September I am off to university to study International Development and plan to keep up this blog alongside my studies.
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