So last time we did this, I was constantly thinking about what I could tell you all about and frantically banged out blog after blog on the oh-so-little blackberry keypad. This trip has been a little different. I've been a little inside my own head. Dealing with some heavy life issues of late and enjoying the experience as it came, attempting to be in the moment.
In many ways, the agenda is very similar to what we did last year, but the exception is that this time some of the faces are familiar and there is a sense of building upon a pre-laid foundation versus the shock and excitement that comes with that first time experience. But don't misunderstand me. This relationship building is exciting. Wonderful to see the faces of those you told that you'd come back register recognition as they realize you've kept your word. Thrill to start, not at zero, but now at one. Fascinating to peel back another tiny layer in understanding elements of the culture. Ugand is an incredibly relational country and things move to their own rhythms, oftentimes at a gentler tempo than those we Westerners might be more accustomed to back at home. And yet, there is such beauty in this culture that asks that we take time to build relationship and understand each other before we attack the task list with American fervor. So I guess that's where I've been thus far. In Uganda, learning a relational rhythm. Seeing old friends and taking a few precious days to be with the locals, my team, and even just myself in this green and gorgeous countryside. More soon!
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