One Day, Many Lessons

We made it!! After a good 24 hours of traveling, we made it half way across the world! Dad and Uncle Charlie, Mary and I were laughing saying that all those years of crossing 8 lane highways was really just preparation for the bigger task of getting to Africa alone:) There were no complications getting here, although we were EXTREMELY ready to get off planes, and stay off for a while! We spent the first two hours on the ground in the Entebbe airport as we had to file for two lost bags, thankfully they believe they know where the mix up happened and are doing their best to fix it. Apparently Mary and I were a little more sleepy then we thought, because after arriving late last night and no sleep for 30 hours we did not awaken until noon today and that was with Mrs. Darlene’s prodding. We spent the day resting up, enjoying omlets for lunch, reading, Mary playing the guitar with us singing, and then the Eby’s took 7 of us here at the house out to dinner to get pizza. It was a Ugandan style pizza place if there is such, but it was GREAT! Although, the events are few, the ways God is already teaching me and growing me are numerous. It’s amazing when you actually have this much free time with no American distractions just the amount of time you pour into Gods word and prayer. I have been so challenged lately as we flew here on just how inadequate I am to do this, and yet, with the help of the Holy Spirit, God gives us His love and power. I realize I literally do not have an ounce of humility, compassion, love, or kindness without God having demonstrated that to me first. I have felt so humbled that He would even call upon me to be His hands and feet here in Uganda, but it is one of the greatest blessings of my life so far! It is funny to me how God answers prayers, sometimes maybe not in the way we thought, but He knows so much better:) I had been praying my last few months in Auburn that I would learn what it means to be "still". Someone helped me see this year that I tend to make being busy or going going going an idol, and I had begun praying that God would help me learn to just be still and quiet in Him. I had thought that that prayer would apply to me for next semester as Auburn, but I've quickly realized that the Lord is teaching me right here in Uganda. It is all slower paced, much of the time it is sitting and just listening to people or enjoying the quietness of the Eby's home. Although at home, I would usually feel the need to be doing something, it has made me really draw near to the Lord and learn to just be content:) I love Uganda though. The joy and gratitude that the people show, the compassion and warm smiles that they flash, and their willingness to serve are all things that make them so endearing. It has been one full day here and God is already revealing more to me about this country and myself then I could ever imagine. I can't wait to see all that He has done in our lives after 7 weeks! All I have been praying fervently is that He never lets me return the same.

KK

P.S. I wrote this Tuesday night but of course Ugandan internet is not always reliable to it is posted a day late:)