1. I love that I can go the Market and shop for a crazy variety of stuff. It is kinda like one big flea market but sometimes you can find some great treasures, even if you have to hunt. Today I found a swim suit that is my size. My old one is totally worn out, I had my friend bring me a new one a couple months ago but it was too big. So this is a blessing
2. I love that I can take Mary with me to the market and she can argue prices for me in local language and get things for 1/4 of the price I would have paid on my own. Friends are a blessing from God.
3. I will even appreciate the man that said I had a good appetite and that it makes me beautiful.
4. I love stress free Christmas shopping, low key and nice.
5. I love that the boda boda drivers (see my pic, they drive people around on a scooter like it and make a living) in a certain area all have a nickname for me that is NOT muzungu (a semi racial term for white/rich person) they call me "senior driver", which means I am a good driver.....they started this over a year ago and now it's my name.
6. I love that I can walk through town and have a lot of shop owners know who I am, and not think I am a tourist.
7. I love my Monday night dinner with "my girls" where they stuff themselves silly and then stretch and dance "to make more room for the food"
8. I love that they have opened up to me and tell me about their thoughts and lives
9. I love that we eat with our fingers and it is OK
10. I love that can meet random people on the street and have a conversation that helps to uplift your soul and is focused on God.
11. I love that I ran into 15 people I know on the street today, and that culturally we must stop and greet each other and ask about everything in thiner lives, just to be polite.
12. I love that tomorrow morning is my last morning of Ministry school, for 2 weeks and I get to go on a small holiday and catch up on rest, and just spend time with my Maker and His creation.
13. I love that God has called me, even on the days I don't love Uganda
