The Idea of an Essay, Volume 2

37 in my small, white-wall dorm room. I made one big decision on a brisk Thursday morning near the end of January. I sat with a cup of black coffee in my hand, reading my Bible, which lay open on my desk. Upon finishing my reading, I closed my eyes to pray. Lord, keep me on the narrow path, I prayed, referring to Matthew 7:14. Suddenly it dawned on me. The narrow path leads to Uganda. In that moment, I committed to traveling to Uganda during the summer of 2014, just another step on my way to a life of cross- cultural ministry. My research project during the second semester of my senior year of high school stimulated more than knowledge of international adoption. My life plans developed during that time. I realized that I want to be more than a Psychologist who works in America with middle and upper class Caucasians discussing their battles with depression and marriage tensions. I learned I could do so much more, including global missions, counseling human trafficking victims, or even partnering with a non-profit organization to do counseling in jigger relief clinics. Although my upcoming mission trip is not through Sole Hope, the organization providing jigger relief and shoes to children in Uganda, I hope to experience a similar atmosphere to that of their clinic scenes. I long to hear the children shouting with excitement, to play soccer and dance and sing with them. I found my life goal through my research on international adoption. I want to be the reason children shout “Muzungu!”