Blog - Carey Bailey

Why I Don't Love Africa.

March 17, 2014

My brother in-law is one of the co-founders of Invisible Children, my sister in-law is in the midst of adopting from Ethiopia, and my father in-law trains men in Ethiopia in the ways of small business and provides them start up money. Some of our closest friends adopted their little girl from Ethiopia 4 years ago and she is an integral part of our lives and some of our other dearest friends are in the process of becoming missionaries in Africa. I have a lot of love for Africa surrounding ...

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Red Rover, Red Rover Send Your Jeans On Over.

March 15, 2014

You: What if going to Africa isn’t in my future? Me: What my eyes are seeing is certainly shocking and heart breaking. Poverty is plentiful here. But, I am also still very well aware of home. My family and the mission field of my children rule over my heart. If you remember, when I started this journey, I never imagined going to Africa. It wasn’t whispering to me. But I am certain that God placed the ministry of Sole Hope in my path on purpose. What I absolutely love, love, love about Sole ...

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Intoxicating Touch

March 14, 2014

Touch. Touch is enticing. Intoxicating. Healing. Soothing. Powerful. A new bride slipping into her wedding night bed. A new life emerging and being placed bare on a mother’s chest. Hands wiping tears from a pain filled face. Fingers intertwining in support, love, and encouragement. Touch. People would go to great lengths for a simple touch from Jesus. They knew there was healing power in the touch. Today my hands touched. They didn’t mean to. They started out in a protective barrier. But in ...

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From: A child in Wakisi

March 13, 2014

I am a child. I live in the village of Wakisi. Wakisi is in Uganda. Uganda is in a continent called Africa. This is where I am a child. I am a child just like your children. I love to laugh. I go to school. I play. I like to be tickled. I think peek-a-boo is funny. I like to learn new things like patty cake. And I smile when you sing your silly songs at me. But here in my village evil lurks. And it lurks in a place that you wouldn’t expect. It lurks in the sand. In the dry, dry sand. I ...

Dear God Letters, Sole Hope

Dear God, I know.

March 12, 2014

God, Last night after 19 hours on planes I laid my head down in Entebbe, Africa. I know, I was with you. I didn't really sleep. I just laid there trying to sleep. I know, I saw you. Between the dogs howling, the critters crawling around, wondering if Logan was going to make stand-by, and all the other things rambling in my head I was having a hard time resting. I know, I heard you. AND then the rains came. I know, I made them. I mean sheets and sheets and sheets of rain. Rains I only ...