random thoughts in a coffee shop

Random thoughts while sitting outside in Jinja, watching boda bodas and people and bicyclists and matatus driving by.

Learning that we don't know when and we don't know how we are leaving the greatest marks on the world and it all matters. The extraordinary things can happen nowhere else but in the everyday.. in the diaper changes and the songs sung and the goodnight kisses. In cleaning the bathroom and hanging the laundry. In talking with the boda driver on our way to town, and waving to the children who yell "Mzungu!" from across the road.

Remding myself that it's not about doing big, great things. But about doing the seemingly small things with big, great love. Because if I "have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains but have not love, I am nothing." (1 Corinthians 13:2)

Realizing how completely unable and weak and broken I am. And remembering, it's not about the gifts in us, but the God who is in us. His Spirit inside us is the only reason He can use us. Humbled and thankful that still He chooses to use us.. even in our weak, broken, sinful state.

Thankful that each and every life is precious in His sight.. for He created us, and we are "fearfully and wonderfully made." And these Ekisa kids. Man, they are extra extra precious.. especially this little guy (in the picture above), Araft. Love him so much!

Life in Uganda is good, so good. There are many moments where I struggle.. feeling I am not doing enough, or doing 'important enough' things, or wondering if anything I'm doing is helping build His kingdom. But God continues to quietly remind me that the simple moments, the mundane tasks, are sometimes the most hardest to do.. and the most important. I feel like this will be a lesson I learn over and over again :) 

Thanks for joining me on this journey and keeping me in your prayers. I have been thinking about home lots, and I'm so thankful for your continued support and encouragement. You guys rock!