gumira mukukireza ne mukwagala

if you are looking at this posting you'll see plenty of pictures of my sweaty face, along side a beautiful Ugandan named Usha....

it's like usher...but gangster sounding

(mom and dad...he's a singer...and he dances like nobody's business...you wouldn't know him...and yes i intended to say gangster with an er...)

i bawled when i said goodbye to this little fella on saturday...

bawled...

i thought my eyes were going to be swollen shut...

he has touched my heart like nothing i've ever experienced...the second picture posted is from a different visit than the first one.

the first two times i went to see usha he wouldn't smile...

it wasn't until the last day of my second trip that i got him to smile.

i almost peed i was so excited.

by the third time i went (which was also my final time since he lives 4 hours away) he was smiling like he is in the 2nd picture. all the time. to see him smile is literally the greatest gift i've ever received (only second to the blessing the lord gave me in james).

teaching this beautiful little boy to play and laugh was so amazing.

i will never forget the way that he felt in my arms while he was giggling.

or the way he tried to kiss my cheek like i kissed his.

he is such a blessing...these pictures are a constant reminder of the beauty i have experienced in love.

i learned how to say something luganda because of him....it was this.....

Gumira mukukireza ne mukwagala

it means.
hold strong. have faith. believe in love.

if i were to sum up my trip for someone, it would be in that. when i got here i was shattered by the idea that i couldn't speak to these children completely because they didn't speak english. i am a talker, i always have been. frankly i'm alright at it. i have been blessed with being able to speak for myself and encourage others with my words.

if anything i talk too much.

i didn't believe i was going to be able to do one thing, for one child because of the language barrier.

i couldn't have been more wrong.

i learned a new language.

truth and love spoken only through action.

something we always talk about right?

it has been/was/is the most difficult thing i've ever done...

but the pay out?

look at that smile.

right now.

scroll down and look at it.

it is worth all of the sacrifice and struggle in the world.

and that is what this trip has been.

a new chapter of understanding and toil for the sake of christ.

as i'm coming to a close of this chapter i am seeing ahead to the next few years with true clarity of what Christ is demanding of me.

i can't wait to be a mother.

and a wife.

to the most amazing man i've ever met.

i can't wait to come home and love....just love people.

can we get back to the basics together?

just love.

love in the name of Jesus Christ

how beautiful that is.







I urge you to

Love. Laugh. Look. Live.

Always.

Amanda June