The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it. Was filled with emotion today as I made my usual goodbye speech to my classes. I think there is always a part of you as a teacher that knows you have failed your students. But I have no regrets. Meiguo Meiyou Yang ma? During our stay we climbed a hill nearby their hous.

How to describe more than just a trip. How do I tell you more about my trip back home? I could give you a play-by-play of every moment, from landing at Entebbe and having to wait over an hour in line for my visa to officially enter the country of Uganda, until we finally said the goodbyes we had been putting off saying outside the departure doors at the same airport one week later. Yes, that would be one way.

The chronicles, musings, and adventures of a slightly crazy, saved by grace, Jesus-loving, Anabaptist girl trying to figure out life inside and outside the shire. One year ago, I was looking forward. A new chapter in my life was starting, and I had no idea what things were going to happen. I might have packed up and gone home. Do I really love, or am I just concerned about what I get from others? May 18, 2015.

sometimes i write things on it. I heard it twice today. And I will hear it until my tiny bones are laid in a tiny casket in a tiny grave. I am small, but I am strong.