that's right, you didn't read the number wrong. i only have five days left til i leave! i am experiencing the most emotions i have ever felt all at once. my excitement and nerves keep going back and forth, one minute im dancing around listening to waka waka and the next minute i'm freaking out that i cant fit everything in my suitcase. gahh! I know this is not the normal place that people go to study abroad, i get that. Most people look for the places with the prettiest landscape or the most tropical climate, or even to a place where they speak the english language. i love telling people im studying abroad and watching their reaction when i tell them that im going to uganda. its quite hilarious actually. but quite honestly, even though i have never been there before, i love africa. i know my heart is for the impoverished and downhearted. my one friend who is going with me this semester put it this way,
"God has a different plan for me. God has sleepless nights, red dirt, endless servings of rice and beans, coffee bean colored kids, white smiles, cold showers, and a constant need and desire for Him, in my future. Normal will never be enough for me anymore."
I want this trip to be something that makes me completely dependent on God. that way i take the risks and reach out to people and leave it up to Him to pull through and make things happen. every day that i am over there will be a journey, one that will undeniably stretch me.
on a side note, I'm sure some of you guys have heard of the deadly ebola virus that is spreading right now. there is no cause pointed out as to why people have been getting it and there is no cure or medication that can help to stop it from spreading or killing more. after reading tons of articles and watching some documentaries about it, it is hard for me to say that im not scared, but i have to hold on to the fact that God is going to be keeping me and the others going out of harms way. He has called us all there for a reason for these next four months and he wont let something as small as a virus stop Him from fulfilling his plans. God is bigger than this and i am believing that i will come back free of any kind of sickness! here's a link to a short ten minute news report about the outbreak if you want to learn more about what is going on..
