More things to try and learn...

Just a normal night of no power in Jinja! My laptop coffee table, orange juice, and candles!

Got to spend the morning with Georgina and her beautiful hair!

Sweet new friends, Carol and Georgina.

Tracy and Calisti and their handy work!

Niregiri was so proud to be a part of the jack fruit experiment!

Not long after arriving in Uganda, I started seeing this massively oversized, funky textured, bright green fruit everywhere. Then when you cut it open, it's extremely sticky, is filled with thick tentacle looking things, and it's loaded with massive seeds. So needless to say, I was not anxiously awaiting a sample of this fruit! But, Tracy encouraged me to try jack fruit (It's official name of course!) in a safe environment. Next thing I know, Tracy and one of the boys who live at SCP (Street Child Project) are walking through the gate with a massive jack fruit! After much fun of watching the boys cut the jack fruit open and using paper to try and get rid of the sticky goop inside, the moment of truth came. Would I love it or hate it? I was more than a little overwhelmed at the interesting texture. It's a thick, slimy texture. The only thing that I can think of to compare the taste to is a mixture of banana laffy taffy and peaches. Unfortunately, I HATE banana laffy taffy! So even though, I won't be lugging home a giant jack fruit anytime soon, it was a fun event for all involved!

Today, I got to go and meet a sweet Ugandan couple who serve as missionaries in their own neighborhood. Charles and Carol are a young couple who are passionate about evangelism and education. Charles organizes fun events like soccer tournaments where the gospel is presented at the end of the tournament. Carol works for an organization that does incredible things with women who are need of an income. God is Grace is a year long program and is sponsored by women in the states. The Ugandan women who are chosen for this program are women who have been widowed or their husbands have abandoned them. Through this program, the women are taught a trade: sewing, bead-making, and hair styling are a few examples. My favorite thing about God is Grace is that they also have a program for women with AIDS. These women are educated on how to take care of themselves and their families and are also taught how to make beads and jewelry. Hanging out with Charles and Carol was also fun because they have two gorgeous little girls, who are 17 months old and one month old!

I am coming to a very interesting place in this journey. A definite unknown portion. My time with Sonrise ends at the end of this month and at this moment I am still not sure what comes next. It's a place in this journey that I really didn't think about beforehand. I just assumed that I would get here and the Lord would put all the pieces together in an obvious and easy manner. I don't know what I was thinking, because I don't know about you, but I never learn from an obvious and easy anything! I learn in the places where I panic and have to rely on my sovereign God. I have wondered lately if I will ever be able to say to God, "Oh, I really do get it this time! I can trust you to be the Planner!" Because my heart has been in an almost constant state of panic for the last few days. My head is constantly saying to my heart "Slow down. He's in control. This isn't your responsibility. Be obedient!" I am learning that it's different here. It's not a day by day choice to be obedient, it's an hour by hour choice to be obedient. I am learning how trust and obedience go hand in hand. It's a lesson that I know I will be thankful for later, even though it's a hard one to be in the midst of.