Our month is coming to an end here in Uganda and it has forced me to look back on this month and in doing so I see all the ways the Lord has really blessed me this month. Coming into this month I was emotionally distant from the ministry as well as my team. My mind wandered everywhere from thinking about my flight home in August, life after the race, worrying about all the preaching we would be doing this month as well as just being emotionally, physically, and mentally tired. I was missing my family and my close friends a great deal…..but then the Lord really showed up for me, in ways I could never imagine.
This month we were poured into more than ever before on this race. Our contacts and new friends loved us, blessed us, encouraged us, and showed us what it really meant to love with a Christ centered love. They live out the greatest commandment found in the New Testament in the most sacrificial way.
Matthew 22:37-39 “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
As the month went on I missed my family and friends less and less, I began to hold onto the days I had instead of counting them down. This country has become more and more like home. Michael and Eddie and Edgar and Harriet became friends and Emmanuel Christian Center became our new family.
I try to explain how this month was and put it into words but once again it is too hard. I know back in April I told you that Cambodia was my most loved month. Well I said that cause I guess I didn’t think I would get another month like that. I was wrong, the Lord surprised me with another UNDESCRIBABLE month. I LOVED this month beyond words and more than once was called african which made me smile. Out of all the countries I have visited on this race, Uganda is the one country I could say without a doubt I could live and be content. I felt most al home here than anywhere else since leaving the States. And I know a big part of that was the people and the presence of the Lord in this country.
The Lord has used this experience to show me that maybe I am not called to one specific place. I originally thought that I would go directly back to Cambodia after this race but I now think that may have been my own desires. I want nothing more than to follow the will of the Lord on my life after this race. I still do not know what life after the race looks like exactly but I know the Lord will open the doors as I come to them.
Until Next Time
Love You Guys
Love Annalisa
Playing the slapping game with Edgar
