These are a few of my favorite things…
·
Coming home each day and the kids running to
your arms saying “Welcome Auntie.”
·
Pulling pranks on the boys and rough housing in
their room.
·
When the electricity goes out…and life just goes
on.
·
Worshipping each night with the children; God
never speaks more.
·
Playing football every Sunday afternoon with all
the kids.
·
Popcorn on Saturday’s.
·
Church on Sunday and praising the Lord African
style.
·
Walking down the road with Lydia (the custodian
from school) for cassava and chapatti.
·
Sitting with the kids each evening and working
on homework.
·
Holding baby Joshua and Nicole when they fall
asleep in my arms.
·
Doing chores with the kids, it is truly
empowering to see all they do.
·
Eating dinner together each night as a family.
·
Tucking the girls in on random nights and telling
them I love them.
·
Bucket baths once a week.
·
Seeing the kids smile, laugh, and play together.
They are 17 kids running around acting just like brother and sister. Sometimes
I just have to sit back and laugh.
·
Move nights on Friday and Saturday means special
bonding.
·
Riding the boda to school each morning taking in
the freshness God unfolds each day.
·
Going out to eat with Kelsey and sharing life
together.
·
Walking into the gates of school each morning,
anxious to find out what the day is going to bring.
·
The kids at school teaching Kelsey and I
Lugandan.
·
Reading stories to the class-the one time they
are the most engaged.
·
Seeing the kids faces light up when they get a
hi-five and pound.
·
How quickly the kids will do anything for a
sticker.
·
Walking down the street having encounters with
people, and them just laughing when I say “Olyotya nyabo/sebo”
·
Walking out each morning and hearing “Auntie,
smart”…oh that means you look nice.
·
Having late night talks with Mama Grace about
God and how I should confide in Christ.
·
Having literally the most random conversations
with the kids from sad, to funny, to inspiring, to completely unrealistic.
·
Seeing goats and cows grazing on the side of the
highway.
·
Seeing the same people each day and them waving
on the roads; never fails to put a smile on my face.
·
Talking with the teachers and getting to know
them on a deeper level each day.
·
Lying down each night under my mosquito night
going to sleep with no worries.
·
Waking up each morning thanking God for a brand
new day to do what He has called me to do.
·
Being taught how to do things by the kids, even
if I already know how. They love to teach us!
·
Seeing children smile at you is so heart-warming.
There is something so enlightening about a smile of innocence spread across their
face, and their feelings speak right through their eyes.
·
Receiving letters from the children and having
our wall in our room completely covered in letters of inspiration and
encouragement from the kids.
·
Constantly being called to come and children
knocking within two minutes of shutting the bedroom door.
·
Reading my bible each day and loving what God
has for me to learn. He never fails.
·
Learning how to braid their hair.
·
Kelsey playing the guitar with the kids and us
all singing together.
·
One on one moments with the kids are the BEST!
·
Taking walks with the kids through the roads.
·
Riding on the bodas at night and looking up at
the beautiful stars shining bright.
·
The amazing friends that Kelsey and I have made
from church, and having the opportunity to spend time in fellowship with other
people our age.
·
I LOVE the culture.
·
I LOVE Uganda, absolutely LOVE Uganda!
It is safe to say that I a part of my heart will always be
in Uganda. I have truly learned how to live such a simplistic, worry free life
full of peace and faith in God alone. I cannot begin to express how happy I am
each day here; a happiness I don’t think I have experienced before. Happiness I
believe God has prepared for me to experience while here in Uganda. It is crazy
how when you do what God has called you to do He comforts you and captivates
your whole being. I am truly blessed that He calls me BELOVED and that I…yes I
am a friend of God!
No comments:
Post a Comment