What is your best food?

There are many things that I miss from home. Family and friends of course, sweatpants!, football, fall weather, ice in my milk, basketball, Hope church, and machine washed clean underwear! I am excited to have these things once again when I return, but I’ve also realized that I will miss some of my favorite things from here when I am home. So in the words of the wonderful Maria again, “ these are a few of my favorite things.” The title of this blog is how Africans ask what your favorite thing is. Best means favorite.

"I'm gonna get grape or cherry. They're both favorites. Grape's a little more favorite, but if they don't have grape then that's fine because cherry's a favorite anyway. It's like another favorite, but not as much. Not as much favorite, but they're both good. They're both good."
-Brian Regan

FAVORITES
Food- Irish potatoes with curry and vegetables. Oh my lanta, I go to bed looking super pregnant on the nights we have this because I eat so much and stretch my stomach way out.
Fruit- pineapple, it is so much sweeter here then at home. I hate pineapple in America.
Drink- instant coffee (reminds me of camp) or cold Mirinda pineapple pop (scrumptious!)
Snack- bread and Blue Band butter, or shortbread cookies and peanut butter. Kurty and I go through a loaf of bread in about 3-4 days!
Class- This is a tough one because I have such a hard time with the classes so I’d probably say the informal class Kurty and I hold after class where we discuss everything we talked about in class. I learn so much more then.
Day of the Week- Thursday!! I only have class until noon and then I go home with Kurty to her house to hang out with Stella and anyone else who is home and have lunch! It’s so relaxing and I love her family! Plus it’s nice to get away from school.
Skirt- My white skirt with pink/purple flowerish designs on it that just hits my knees…I know that that description sucks, but I’m not a huge fan of skirts so when I get home I probably will only wear this one from the trip so you’ll have a chance to see it.
Squatty Story- There are so many so I will pick a few. One was the skinny hole in the ground, with no door, and someone’s math homework in a basket to wipe with. I can just hear the student saying, “stupid math” as they rip out a page! The other was probably in Rwanda when we had to take turns being the door because the entire village was running up to see us.
View- Watching a distant lightning storm above the Rwenzori mountains at the safari or the overlook of Mount Elgon with a rainbow in front of it.
Speaker- Probably Chris Page who talked to us about his businesses and his stories of incredible Christ followers. His quote about God not calling the qualified, but qualifying those he calls will probably stick with me the rest of my life.
Activity/Hobby- Rook and blogging! Being a dominant force is therapeutic I think and it’s so satisfying when one of the people we beat consistently is super competititve (Justin Lane).
Ugandan- Excluding anyone under the age of 10 it would have to be my brother/uncle Elisha and Kurty’s sister/cousin Stella. They are so much fun to be around and we’ve gotten to the point where we can play jokes on each other.
Luganda Word- Chamuka! (go crazy) and Kwebaka (sleep!) I am in either one of these two states in my life at any given moment. There often doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of middle ground ☺
Quote- “If you believe something, passionately, people will follow you.” Donald Miller. There are so many, but this is just one that was handy while I was writing this ☺
American Moment- Drinking a chocolate, peanut butter milkshake at one of our American professor’s homes!

“These are a few of my favorite things. When the mosquito bites, when the latrine stinks, when I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things and then I don’t feel so bad.” ☺

Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 2 Peter 1:2