Let the countdown begin!!

Consider me to seriously love you guys! im sorry i don't blog so much but in my new location Suubi we can only access internet outside and unfortunately for me i work the late shift so only time im on is at night.. let me tell you ! African mosquitoes are scary and they travel in packs so im getting eaten alive so im going to try to run through this with a large attempt to make some sense!!

So to fill you in on my transition .. let me tell you it hasn't been easy! Gulu was my home for three months so being in another location loving other babies i feel like im cheating ! hahah ! but at the same point its been wonderful! its kind of beautiful because all the babies i started my trip off with in kampala have all been moved here. So its nice to end my trip with the same babies that i poured all my cuddles and tears into when i first arrived! Being here has had challenges for sure but in the end it has been so much more rewarding. The location of this place the only way you can describe it is peaceful! it has a beauty here that can only be explained by one word.. God.. Everything i see in this land i see God's face shining through it because beauty like this can only come from him! I wake up every single morning to a beautiful porch over looking mountains and a sunrise to die for! and on top of that i walk down a couple of stairs and get to love on God's little babies! and living in the village with all the children and walking around and all you can do is honestly thank god that all these kids were given a second chance! Its bitter sweet because you feel remorse that such beautiful kids were abandon but at the same time you see God's love in that because he never forgot about them. He never abandon them! They are here with a better chance at life! There each blessed with a beautiful home and a mother and a safe village and a school and people to teach them about god! Its beautiful! 

   This country isn't the way the tv makes it seem. People assume that everyone here is crying and bugs on there faces but really living here and thinking of home i feel bad for people at home. Most people have never experienced joy like people in Uganda. Walking around the villages and seeing poor children there laughing more than i am! There happy! Maybe they don't have a WII and an I Phone and a cupboard full of food but at the end of it all there happier than most people

    I came here to teach and to love on people and to show them God and i have but looking back on my trip i see that they have taught me! they have showed me love! they have built up my relationship with god because everytime they give me a smile or a little child runs up to me just to touch my hand i see God's face in there smile! 

Today was a perfect example, me and my roomates went on a walk off the village and three little boys came running up to us giggling, they didn't speak a word of english but they ran up to us and each grabbed one of our hands and just walked on our walk with us giggling and holding our hands! they had no idea what we were saying but they were just happy to touch our hands and walk with us! It was the most amazing moment and all i could do was thank god for bringing me to this moment! 

but as for anything new here we had an awesome christmas and new years of course one for the memories! it was a lot different than back home i mean i ate pasta on christmas but it was a memory i will never forget! New years we got to go to an all night sing at the watoto church! there had to be like 3000 people there it was so packed! it had 3 over flow rooms packed and the street packed and the inside of the stadium packed! it was an awesome way to start the new year with so many people worshiping god right into 2012! so that was one of my best new years i have had i think i will never forget that!! 

Also i have new roomies and everyday i thank god for them! there so amazing we all have so much fun together and we click so well its wonderful god has really blessed me with amazing people to surround me always! it is truly awesome ! 

Lastly!! watoto will be planting a new church in south sudan! We got the update this morning! this is so awesome and so exciting there is a lot of need in sudan especially with all the war and stuff so please keep that in your prayers for them! it is a hard mission but so rewarding and i know god is going to do amazing things there seriously!!! 

SO i guess you could say i'm loving my last little while here. Im trying to really soak up every second because i know that the days are numbered and i only have a couple weeks left and ill be back in Canada. The thought is bitter sweet because i am so happy to see my family and hug every person in my church and be able to bless people the way uganda has blessed me! But at the same point everytime i think of going home my eyes fill with tears. This place has changed me for the better! I will be sad to go but i know that this is a stepping stone onto better things! so i ask everyone please pray for me as my last days are coming close! its a scary thought coming home but im so looking forward to it as well! Of course ill miss not waking up to cute little black babies every morning but hey! Good thing my sister has twins! :) hahah, but i just want to thank you all for what your doing for me, your prayers your support it all means so much to me and not a day goes by that i don't think about it and smile and thank and pray for you all! you guys are a big part of this and i will never forget that! Thank you !!

ill be seeing '' most '' of you in 17 days!!! :) im looking forward to it!! hope you all had an awesome christmas and a happy new year!!

OH AND PS.. WATOTO CHURCH IS DOING A NATIONWIDE FAST FOR FIVE DAYS AND PERSONALLY THERE IS NO WAY I CAN GIVE UP FOOD SO THEY CHALLENGED US TO GIVE UP ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS BLOCKING US FROM SPENDING TIME WITH GOD AND THAT WOULD BE FACEBOOK/MY LAP TOP FOR ME! SO THATS WHY IM BLOGGING NOW AND I WILL NOT RESPOND TO YOUR COMMENTS UNTIL SATURDAY! WISH ME LUCK :) xxooo!