Vanilla Twilight

Where to start!? Finished my first full week of classes at UCU! I am building many relationships with girls on campus and that is something I felt the Lord really wanting me to do this semester. It has been wonderful to have late night talks with my hall sisters.
Classes don’t really start on time here. A saying here is that “The Westerners have the watches, but the Africans have the time.” It is so true. Had a scavenger hunt in Mukono on Tuesday, it was great to get familiarized with the town, I feel at home already!
I have learned to appreciate silence. With all the busyness of life, silence is something many of us take for granted. I have also learned to live without control, because Christ is the one in control of my life!
We had our first Honours College party/orientation on Friday and it was so much fun! They asked me to lead in prayer in the beginning and by the end I experienced my first African dance party and I loved it! I even brought my laptop down and we hooked it up to speakers and some other USPers and I taught the Ugandans the Cupid Shuffle! It was so much fun! I love dancing, especially with my Africans! Oh and I have taken a shower everyday! I know; I hope you are all proud of me...haha. Oh the things we take for granted like showers, toilets, toilet paper, etc…even laundry is a major event in my life here!
I have joined some fellowships on campus and even joined the girl’s soccer team. Kenneth the coach invited me to come and I did, wow did I work up a sweat. I feel that they are like family already…there is 6 of us on the girls team and we practice with some of the guys on campus. They are so good! I also had my first movie in Africa, guess which one it was….AVATAR! I went with my African Avatar Crew…which is Trish, Edwin and Tony. I love them so much!
This weekend was the beginning of my two week home stay with a family in Mukono. I am staying with a family whose father is a reverend and whose mother is a teacher, just like my family back home! God makes me laugh sometimes! I have three sisters and one brother. Momma had me cut the vegetables and make chipotee on Saturday, it was so yummy. It is crazy dealing with the cross culture of my home stay, because western culture has influenced African culture so much. For example, we will be cooking over a charcoal fire and then watching lil Wayne music videos on their old TV. We finished up the night with a family meeting (dad you would be proud) and they welcomed me as a part of their family! I love them so much! It is so fun to have a family in Africa! My Sister, Rachel, showed me how to take my first bucket bath yesterday. Oh it is an adventure! Momma and I killed a couple cockroaches this morning too…I love Africa!
Everything here tastes better too, the pineapple, the bananas…etc…Went to church with my sisters yesterday, cooked with them and then finished the day having a dance party with them to…Mmmm Whatchya say! Good Times…
Love you all so much! Continue to pray for motivation for studies; it is hard sometimes to study because I get so consumed with my African adventure, I forget that I am here for school too!

Ps. Not to mention the stars! They are so beautiful here!