Leigha's Log

Week 25...January, one of the hottest months, but yet it's flu season. Doesn't quite make sense but it happened. Thankful for our natural remedies like papaya leaf tea, ginger, garlic. lemons, & honey. This week is the last full week that Haylie and I have till the end of February. Which is a very sad thought for all of us. But we are so thankful for the time we've had and memories we've made.  Earlier this week Elder Willie calls me over quick and says to grab my car keys we have a few things to do and he'll explain on the way. As we're bumping along the rocky road winding back behind the hill he tells me that one of our church members husband has fallen gravely ill and need transport to a nearby hospital. I drive into the neatly swept compound and park Buffy. Inside the small house, lit up by the door and small window that was open, I knelt down and greeted the familiar faces and told them I was happy to see them and we praised God. Over against t...

Mikwano jange (my friends), I apologize I'm getting very behind in my blogging the past few weeks, and then I almost forget the things that happened when I'm halfway through the next week. There's been some pretty amazing days and I know I'll never just fully be able to share and put to words what I feel in my heart and sometimes, like someone told me, I think I forget how abnormal my life is here and the things that seem crazy to people back home, but now seem normal to me. But it's good for me to be reminded of this because it allows me to see the beauty in all these small things that I've been privileged to be a part of.  Like on Sunday afternoon we walked back to school and spent the evening with the kids and shared the cookies we baked after church with our friends. We went down to the banana plantation with the kids to get their matooke for dinner and also brought a ffeene (jackfruit) back with us. As we're sitting the the veranda of Hammy...