Home to be: UGANDA!

"Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you."

Matthew 7:7

Praise God, He heard my cries and after 4 months of waiting He faithfully responded with an open door and a push through it. I love Him! I will be serving with a wonderful team in Uganda for the next year, managing a household water program. I leave on the 5th of March.

I am excited to meet Uganda! The people. The smell. The taste. The moutains. All the beauty. And all the rest. I'll do my best to bring a little piece of Uganda to you as well through this blog.

I am also excited to serve Uganda! To help bring clean and living water to the sick, hurt and lost. Bringing physical and spiritual hope. Bringing the love of Christ.

Know that I will be thinking of you. Missing you. And praying for you while I'm gone. Please keep in touch. Leave a comment! Shoot an email. Come visit! Trust me - you'll be a blessing!

May the love of Christ be the fingerprints of our lives - wherever we are or wherever we go, may Christ be touching lives through us - with love.

Goodbye Applebuddies!

One thing that kept me sane these past few months was working at Applebee's. It was such a blessing to be hired there! I mean who hires a lady who says, "Well I could be here for 2 weeks or 2 months." But they did hire me (thanks Ed!), and I started waitressing again for the first time in 4 years. Fun times!

So I met a lot of wonderful people at the restaurant and we had some really great times. I always laughed so much when I was there! Some things I'm going to miss are...Karen's great tip stories...Sue Ls crazy comments and great smile...Sue Cs blunt honesty....Kristy singing the Na Na song....and Monday snack runs....I could go on, trust me. I loved the energy in the people and the place! I loved when we would all just sit around and share our funny (or pathetic) stories from the shift while chowing down on Apple food. Honestly, I just liked being with everyone. I really loved you guys! And I'm going to miss you.

Above is that picture of Applebee's in Beirut that I told you about. :) Maybe we can have a little reunion there someday...a little Applebuddy getaway. Until then...know that I'm so glad that God brought you into my life for a little while. I'll be thinking of you and praying for you while I'm gone. Remember that there's someone on the other side of the world that cares about you!