Hello all! I am Khadijah Islam and I would like to formally invite you to my blog Khadijah in Kayonza. This blog will be centered around documenting my experience of serving as a Young Adult in Global Mission for the next year of my life. I am so excited to bring you all along for the… Continue reading The Journey of a Lifetime
Be gentle with yourself, you deserve it.
Read at your leisure!
I say it a lot but it means so much more to me now.
Throughout my time in Rwanda, I have made short trips to visit friends all over the country. I have also made very long trips, including the one that I just returned from. I had the amazing opportunity to visit my family for the Christmas and New Years holiday. All of these journeys have led to… Continue reading Travel In and Out of Rwanda
Long post, but important skill
NOTICE: IF YOU ARE AN ELIGIBLE VOTER IN THE UNITED STATES, YOU NEED TO VOTE IN THE NOVEMBER 6th MIDTERM ELECTIONS! Now that we have that out of the way, I wanted to talk a little bit about what it is like being an engaged citizen while living abroad. As many of you know, I… Continue reading Being an Engaged Citizen Abroad
A Very Important Intro
Recently, we visited the museum for the Campaign Against the Genocide. We did this in preparation for a conversation about colonialism and our place in it at missionaries in Africa. Colonialism is such a struggle in my own narrative because I hold identities of both sides. It is fair to say that I may not… Continue reading The Ghost of Colonialism
We are officially a week away from my deployment date 2.0. My range of emotions has run the gamete and I am equal parts nervous, excited, apprehensive, and terrified. In the spirit of honesty, I have to say that my apprehension comes from the feeling that something else is going to happen that will put… Continue reading Here We Go Again
As part of our orientation process, we participated in an activity called 'The World of 76'. 76 is an important number, because that is the number of young adults being sent out into the world through this years program. 76 of us, sent into a world that is vast and complex and of which we… Continue reading The World of 76
Khadijah in Kayonza 