A whole new world

Yes, I was an Aladdin fan and I did love the song “A Whole New World.” It seems very appropriate for what is happening. This morning Ryan and I moved out of the Abaana guesthouse and are spending at least a month working with African Community Technical Service or ACTS. We left the streets and busyness to head southwest into the mountains and the nowhere-ness. We left the comforts of a house for the comforts of a canvas tent (which I love anyway). Our scenery has changed to grassy green mountains and valleys filled with matooke (banana) plantations. It is very similar to Northern Ireland, minus the matooke. We have left the language we have been learning for a new one. We have left our team of 4 to be a part of a team of about 25right now. They say it will increase as we start the project. We have left the random electricity, but electricity none the less for no electricity, except our solar powered battery. We have left sweating in our beds in Kampala from the heat to sleeping under 2 blankets with a bunch of Canadians.

It really is a whole new world. It is full of excitement too. The scenery is gorgeous. The teammates are funny. Half are under the age of 26 and half are over the age of 45. We have already shared so many stories with each other and I know there are so many more to come. Right now as I lay in bed I can hear the drums beating and the natives chanting. The rest of the team says this will happen every night and there is no telling what time during the night they will stop. The stars scream “Look at me!” when you walk outside. Tomorrow will be new. Full of new things to learn and experience. I have learned that I be on a team that makes home visits and fills out papers with people. I pray those times spent in their homes will be a chance to show them my world, to point them to something greater than us all. I pray God continues to make me new every day. I pray he reveals a new world to me, and I will choose2B a builder in this new world. So here’s to the new and a see you later to the old.