Saturday Morning.

this is a great morning. today is my big day off. i woke up this morning, and everybody was at their churches... so i turned up the taylor swift and made myself some pancakes. and now i'm just hanging out on the porch swing, sipping some coffee, and updating this blog. i mean, i will probably have to study the rest of the day for my talk on tuesday night, but it is a beautiful day in Uganda and i'm really enjoying this time. tonight we have pizza movie night at the Davis'. Renee claims that Brian makes deep dish pizza better than Giordanos. But my thing is, she's real bias because Brian is her husband, so i'll just be the judge of that. everyone's pumped about going over there tonight, so it will be real fun. 

and as an update, last night went really well. i was really encouraged afterwards. despite the fact that the atmosphere was less than perfect (meaning we met on a porch with a traffic jam happening right beside us - so there were horns and bodas and nasty car smells. and i had to shout, but i can do that just fine). i had to come up with some discussion questions at the end, and everyone was so open and it was a great time of dialogue. And even afterwards I got some good feedback from the women that were there, which I hadn't gotten on Tuesday... so that was really a blessing. Additionally, I think last night was a great springboard for some new relationships. I'm actually meeting with one of the girls on Wednesday afternoon, so I'm excited about that. Thank you so much for your prayers. 

Staci, my mom said she gave you this blog address... so if you are reading this, I want you to know that I cannot wait to come see you and get a haircut. I need one so bad! 

and KRISTA! I only got your post this morning, but I wish I would have done the hip-pop-snap move. that could have maybe been the most effective thing, i'll never know. love that. i gotta tell you about this place called new hope that we went to. i think we should come back here next january and go to their institute from january to may. its part of this awesome orphanage program. i was so blown away when i was there. don't worry, i got the brochure.