Greetings!

I just want to say thank you so much for reading my blog. It means so much to me that people care and want to know whats up with my life. I have gotten a HUGE blessing... pretty much unlimited and good access to the internet this evening. :) So I got a lot of old emails from people who were encouraging me that I didn't even know had been sent (That means you dad! I just got all those emails! Thank you so much)

Anyways....yeah... thank you. A lot.

This week was actually pretty busy and full of many different things. I think I already said this but the brentwood church team came on Sunday and left yesterday (saturday) but I got to say goodbye Friday night. My heart was paining because both Amanda and Justin left and I loved getting to know them soooo much. Now I have to visit the east Coast. And even Sal who works for Sports Outreach, I got to meet him and I really enjoyed him so I am sad to see everyone leave. But I think the team had an amazing time... and I was so impressed! They worked so hard and were so possitive and energetic. It really helped me to regain energy and got me excited about their project.

Also.... SPECIAL THANKS to Megan. She gave me the key to her room so I could take not one... but TWO showers this week. WOW. I had no idea I was soooo dirty. Like soooo dirty. I think I shed half the weight of my hair after the first shower and it was even warm. thank you thank you thank you!

This week was really good but also really exhausting. The ladies at the house (Esther, Jessica, Agnus and also David) would get up so early to start cooking. I usually couldnt make it so early, but I would get up around 5 to help. Then I would quickly fetch water, shower, and head to Pugwiuyi village. There I helped Jessica serve and clean all the food. in between tea time and lunch time I worked on the road. The Brentwood church was also working on the road but many of them were building the piggery. The picture above is the piggery. If you remember the picture I took of it a few weeks back you can com... they accomplished a lot in just 4 days.

After the 4 days of work, Friday was the celebration day. Esther and a few other women cooked for the WHOLE village. I would say there were maybe a few hundred people and africans can really eat. It was so amazing all the work they did preparing food with just charcoal stoves. They have some huge pots too! If I cooked in one of those pots I would have made food for myself to last over a month!

THIS is the car that we transported ALL the food in. Esther, the driver, and I sat in the front seat (meant for 2 people) with 2 babies. Then about 5 women, one man, and a two year old sat on the back with the food. We drove like that on village roads for almost 1 1/2 hours to Pugwinyi. it was an experience.

Also... you cant see their faces but in the above picture mama Esther is in yellow, Jackie is in red, and Kakembo (David) is in the back of the truck.

 Of course they performed traditional dances for us. And of course, I joined with two other girls from the Brentwood church. At first they laughed, but by the end I think they were impressed with our skill (ok maybe not impressed... they were just entertained i think)

This is the famous mama Florence. She can dance! And she is also the women who gave me the name Anyadwe, which Aloysius will now only call me by that name. I think it is becoming permanent.

It was so great to have such a hardworking team here, but now it is nice for everyone to get some rest. Esther left early this morning for Kampala to pick her children from boarding school. They are starting a sort holiday this week so she will come back Friday with Karen, Job, and Hannah, and of course Joshua. I had a lot of fun with Joshua and little baby Gary yesterday. I think Gary is actually my child because he seems to really like me, and I think I want to take him home (Gary is the little baby in the picture I posted last week).

I have learned a lot this week from the church that came. Especially about how missions teams work which is great for what I want to do with my future. I learned a few things that work well and also some things to stay away from. I also learned, or more re-experienced, what it means to be exhausted. It is making me a little anxious. I am starting to realize I wont get much rest when I go home no matter how hard I try. And then in less than two weeks I am leaving again. It is becoming really real and really scary actually. But I am also learning that I believe in God, I have salvation, so God brings me through exhaustion and sets me free from fear and anxiety because I can trust God more than I can even trust myself. I think it has been a while since I have really been able to say that with honesty.

Thank you for your prayers. again and again. I havent gotten sick once (except for the medication stuff). I havent been injured. I have always been safe and well and I have been going through a lot of changes and tough experiences but good ones. If you know Aloysius and Esther, please be praying for them. They work really hard and they need rest. Like all the time.

I hope to update again soon.