Sorry it has been so long since my last update! I can't believe how fast the days are going by now. It's crazy! Yesterday was, strangely, one of my favorite days so far. Breanne and I met Steven at Citizens Trust Senior Secondary School, the school we have been going to on Tuesdays for over a month now. Steven was with Douglas, an awesome Ugandan, so he came as well. I stinkin love Douglas. He has an awesome heart and is just so great to work with. Our routine with the scripture union at the school has gotten kind of, well, boring. But Douglas brought a change to all that. He just has a way of talking to groups to encourage them and get them excited about Jesus. It also helps that he is a Ugandan. He had everyone commit to bringing 5 friends each to the meeting next week and he committed to come, as well. At the end he had everyone get in groups of 3 or 4 and pray to close with each of us mzugnu in different groups. Something so simple that we never thought to do. Also, after talking tonight with him, he gave us some great insight on things we can do to really connect with these students. It's almost like we could adopt this school for the semester. He mentioned making cards for them when they start their exams to encourage them, and something as simple as buyng them pens and pencils to use for their exams. We've been trying to just do a program once a week when we have the chance to do something so much more, and Douglas helped to open our eyes to this.
Last night, the 3 of us went with Douglas to Butabika to go to a medical school and meet with students there. It was pretty much awesome. There are some incredible guys and girls there who are so eager to do great things for Christ! I got to see one of the dorm rooms. It was about 3 or 4 times the size of my closet back home and had 2 bunk beds, so 4 guys stayed in each room. We rode with Douglas in a car he is borrowing from some missionaries who are stateside [I think], and that's been an experience. Ugandans are interesting drivers, to say the least. The car was pretty cool. It is a Mitsubishi Pajero, an older model, but it had leather, armrests that folded down on both sides of the back seats, and get this, an oversized sunroof over just the back seat. I decided that it might just be the African equivalent to a town car or some other car good for having a chauffeur . :) On the way home we opened up the sunroof and looked out at the clear night sky. Marvelous.
But enough about cars. I'm excited about the days ahead. I am going to be putting a video together for the missionaries here, a presentation of the different ministries going on here. I will hopefully be going out with the different missionaries in the days and weeks ahead to take pictures at different sites. Also, looking at possibly going to an orphanage in Jinja sometime next week with Hannah and Breanne.
I just discovered Stewart and Kelsey's blogs online, so I added them to the links on the right. I'm so excited about all the things God is doing back home in the lives of my friends! I'm so proud of the huge leaps of faith that people are taking in trusting God with things. It's awesome that people are seeing that there is something greater in life than just the "American dream." To my friends back home: you are all amazing! Keep striving to do good things for God, and in turn, He will turn them into GREAT things! I am so seriously proud of all of you and miss everyone so stinkin much! I love you and am praying for you all!
Thanks to everyone for your prayers and love. Continue to glorify God in all you DO! [keyword: DO something!]
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Well, we all made it safely to Guatemala City, Guatemala and made the drive to Chimaltenango shortly after. I had the privilege of flying separate from the rest of the group along with Robby and Roxanne going through Atlanta. We decided that we like smaller groups when flying. It just makes things a lot easier. I didn't get much sleep the night before so I slept as much as I could on the planes and on our layover. Once we made it in Guatemala City, we were looking for the rest of the group (they said they would wait for us), but apparently they had left. We stood outside the airport for about 30 minutes waiting for someone to come pick us up. Eventually a Guatemalan drove up in a truck and honked and waved at us, so we assumed (and hoped) that he was there to pick us up. Luckily Roxanne is pretty fluent in Spanish, so she got things figured out. We met up with the rest of the group at a mall in Chimaltenango and exchanged money and ate at Pollo Campero. After more naps and some orientating, some Catchphrase and showers, just about everyone went to bed around 9. Since they don't do Daylight Savings here, it gets dark earlier than we're used to, so it seemed a lot later. 
