Post-Christmas Update
As many people know, I had the privilege of being back in Canada over the Christmas holidays to spend time with my family and friends which was amazing. It was busy but beautiful to reconnect with friends and family. I think that an overwhelming theme of my time in Canada was thankfulness. Throughout my four weeks home, I felt an immense sense of thankfulness for my friends and family but especially my parents and the way that they have supported my desire to move to Africa. Despite their best attempts to hide it, I know that it hasn't been easy to have their first born daughter living across the world regardless of how much they support Hands at Work and what I'm doing. I will be eternally grateful for the values that they have instilled in me and the way in which they have encouraged me to follows God call on my life even if that calling led me away from them. On a humorous note - I think I forgot how cold it was in Canada because even when it is slightly raining in Sou