Sorry to post 2 blogs back-to-back! I’ve now met the national and international teams-we are now one! The reason I have to send 2 blogs at the same time is because I couldn’t get to the internet café because of time…I’ve literally been thrown into full-time ministry for 5 months (without a degree or official training)…it’s crazy,but awesome!! I’m excited and ready to start this new journey! I can’t believe I signed up for this?! I am being stretched and pushed like you wouldn’t believe and we have barely gotten through the couple days of orientation! I’ll save the ministry details (for those that want to hear) for the next blog, since it hasn’t fully started yet, but will end this blog with the top 10 things I’ve learned so far while being in Uganda:
1. I love,love, love this country!!
2. The roosters that live very close outside my window think that morning starts at 3:15am :)
3. Ugandans are some of the warmest, most sincere, coolest people I’ve ever met!
4. I’m convinced Ugandans can carry anything on their heads…bunches of bananas…bag of rice…buckets of water…a mattress…half a car :)
5. If you are going to ride in the front seat of a vehicle in Uganda (or anywhere in Africa), just close your eyes….it makes the ride some much more peaceful!! You can continually repeat Psalm 121:7 over and over and over if you want also, “The Lord keeps you from all harm and watches over your life.” You think I’m joking, but I really have done this, hehe!
6. The most common form of native transportation in Uganda is called a boda boda. It’s kinda like a motorcycle. The most people I’ve seen ever trying to get on one of these is 5; a man, woman, and 3 children…try being the key word…I have no idea if they were successful at riding it!
7. Sleeping under a mosquito net every night kinda feels like being in a princess bed…that’s the creative, optimistic way of thinking about it :) Hey, at least for right now I have a bed to sleep on!
8. Eating beans and rice every day will not kill you…in fact, I’m getting quite used to it and actually enjoying it!! Ask me five months from now if I’m ready for a good heaping salad though :)
9. I’m making some life-long connections from being on this trip. It’s incredible the people I’m having an opportunity to meet!!
10. I firmly believe the Lord is doing a transforming work here in Uganda and some of these Watoto children/teens are going to be used as leaders in this work! I am so blessed to be a part of this! This is an awesome thing the Lord is doing over here…get ready, get ready, get ready….God is moving in Uganda!!!
Thanks again for all of your prayers and support! I really can’t say "thank you" enough! It is going to be a long 5 months….it hasn’t even been a week and I’m really missing my home and friends! I know there’s a work to be done here in Uganda and a work to be done in me; there’s a reason that I was chosen to be here!
In Christ,
Michelle
Sunday, January 17, 2010
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Michelle reading this blog makes me smile every time I read it.You are a princess and how wonderful is it that the Lord reminded you of that in Uganda while you rest under a mosquito net?LOL See, if you had riden on Joey's motorcycle more the boda boda wouldn't seem so foreign to you.ha-ha Please keep the blogs coming even though we aren't responding does not mean we're not reading. I look everyday for something from you. Love you
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you for the encouragement!! You are right, I am a princess....I'm a daughter of the King of Kings after all :) These boda's are crazy...they are actually banded from riding by the US Embassy because they are dangerous! So I won't be riding them, I just watch :) I write whenever I'm prompted...just posted another one...enjoy and thanks again for all of the support and encouragement, you have no idea how much I appreciate it!!
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