Busy Bee

Everyone out there: This is to inform all in the technologically advanced world that I have not died in Uganda! Life is actually going quite well :) But busy, BUSY, BUSY!

Some highlights, and a few lowlights-

* Amanda Kruppenbacher, my dear friend and housemate, traveled home to the USA to visit her family. While she was there, she became very sick with cerebral malaria which she contracted here in Uganda. She was very, very sick. For a few days we were all fearing any phone call-dreading that it might harold news of her death. But PRAISE OUR GOOD, LOVING MERCIFUL LORD JESUS CHRIST! She has been healed (a true miracle actually, I hope I can tell you about it someday!) and is home with her family, gaining strength and planning her return to Uganda on July 14.

* Youth Group, STAMINA, has started up in the past month, and I have been so encouraged by the teens and their growth. I really believe that they have grown these past months. They are learning to be more vulnerable with me, and we are learning more about what it means to be a follower of Jesus day by day. The hardest thing to learn, and I feel like it is even harder to exemplify! Living life with these teens has stretched and grown me more than I would have ever anticipated! I sure do love them...

* My teammate, roommate, and dear friend Meredith Lee left Uganda this past Sunday. It was so bittersweet to watch her go. I know she is looking forward to starting life again in the States, but so hard to watch her say goodbye to this place which she has grown to love. My workload has changed, and although it is manageable, it is a definite challenge! I miss my friend who carried so much alongside me...

* Daily adventure! Some things that happen everyday around GSF-tree climbing with the kids (love it!), discovering baby puff adder snakes in our front yard (don't love it so much!), continuing to learn the ropes medically with appointments and lab tests, boda rides and taxi adventures, taking the teens into town, learning how to cook Uganda style (fried chicken, anyone?), Muganda dance lessons (I am NOT proficient!), and Luganda language lessons (I learned today how to argue down a price-very helpful!).

Life is good. God is great.

To steal from Amanda K's blog-
UGANDA LOVE IT :)