it’s hot. like really really hot. i don’t actually think it’s any hotter today than it has been most of the other days i’ve been here, but for some reason today seems extra hot. i think it’s because the last week has been relatively cool. oh well… i guess being basically on top of the equator means you’ll have that.

david left last night. it was so great having him here. there are a lot of reasons, but i won’t talk about them. but a big one is that he just cracks me up and is always fun to have around. thursday night we (leah too) went to kampala and stayed just outside the city at the red chilli, a hostel, which was absolutely wonderful. we had a great meal, nice beds, HOT SHOWERS, and just lots of relaxing and hanging out. then the next day we went into kampala to see what the city had to offer. i didn’t think i liked kampala, but it turns out i actually really do. it was incredible to see the difference being in a big city makes. there were actually times where it didn’t even feel like we were in africa (which i honestly had a hard time believing was possible before i experienced it). in the morning we went to the craft market, which was really fun, then we went and wandered around the mall (including the bookstore) for a little while. after the mall we went to a turkish restaurant called efendy’s to relax and share a hookah (because, you know, that’s what you do here. haha not really…). the restaurant was in the middle of this park full of bars and restaurants. being in the park, you forget that you are in a big city. then when you go out of the gates, it’s immediately loud and crazy again. it was ridiculous. after that we walked over to owina, a HUGE market that i would never go to alone, if for no other reason than the fact that i would get lost in there forever. it was so fun, though, finding hats (for david… for some reason it was fun scoping out hats for him) and just seeing all the stuff they had around. after owina we ran and got a quick dinner before heading to the airport to drop david off and making the long drive back to iganga. it was a really fun last day with david, and i’m so glad we did it!

the kids are still precious and wonderful. we’ve been taking groups to the pool, which has been really fun. so far we’ve taken the oldest/youngest girls and the oldest/youngest boys. it was funny how different the groups were, in both predictable and completely surprising ways.

it’s hard to believe i only have 10 more days here. this time has gone by so fast. i’m definitely sad to think about leaving the kids and bryan, but i’m not gonna lie—i’m pretty excited about my own bed, hot showers, and the conveniences of home!

i still don’t know what i’m doing when i get back… i know that i’m looking for a job in a terrible time, which is scary. but i trust that God is going to put me where He wants me. so sending out resumes and filling out applications will be my life for the next little while… should be a good time!

in other news... i'm obsessed with this child! winnie... stinkin' wonderful.

these ones too. just kidding... but i really do love my brothers.

as much as this picture might suggest otherwise...