Captain’s Log. March 5th. Thursday afternoon. Greetings from Church Hill, where I am currently in bed and don’t feel like moving. Per usual. I am still determined to press on in my journey to get out of debt, lose weight, and marry Johnny Depp, but honestly I may have lost a little bit of my…
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Treasure in Uganda!
Friday at 5:30 we were deposited back at our apartment by Isaac, our safari driver, who was anxious to get home to his wife for Valentine’s weekend. He had made several stops on the country roads on the way home, picking up such delicacies as jackfruit, mangos, and fresh goat meat to bring her. We…
Trips and Falls in Uganda
As the roosters crowed noisily, the ladies in the teachers’ apartment at the edge of the property stirred, awakening to the realization that we were 7,288 miles from home. We pushed back out mosquito nets, still a little tired from our long flight. On the last leg of our journey I sat next to a…
On our way!
4:22 a m. That’s the moment I finally got excited about our trip. Gently awakened by the pleasant song of a friendly neighborhood drunk, I lay here in bed and feel the adrenaline surging through my body. Today I leave for Uganda. This was what I posted to Facebook the morning of The Big Day….
The Price of Tea in China
It takes 21 days to form a habit. Webster’s Dictionary defines a habit as “a settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up.” After three weeks, what once took a lot of effort and determination will begin to be routine. So how do we begin and maintain habits that…
For all my Mitches
I can be such a “b”sometimes. And by “b” I mean I can be a real Mitch. Leaving the autocorrect as it stands. Guess what? You can be a real Mitch sometimes too. So, as a woman who is really trying to let the peace of Christ rule in her heart, it is endlessly frustrating…
Amiright?
This is art from the ghetto eye doctor’s office. Not that the doctor himself is ghetto, although I think he may well be 110 years old. Sometimes I don’t know where to start when I am writing. So I post pictures of people punching each other and then shaking hands. This week has been annoyingly…
Because Thursday
“The Lord God is a sun and shield, no good thing does he withhold from those who walk uprightly.” ~ Psalm 84 “What good is it for a man to gain the whole world yet lose his soul?”-somewhere in the Bible ” Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of…
Living Well 