These last two weeks have been a whirlwind and have gone by really fast!
Last wednesday we had an intern farewell dinner. This is a dinner where the whole emi family get together and hangout before we leave. Then at the end they say nice things about us. It was extremely humbling, especially because these people deserved praise not me! I was an intern who did work slow and probably not very well. They were the ones doing all the important work and are the amazing people of God!
So the intern farewell dinner is what you make it, and we decided to make it a goat roast!! At the beginning of the internship we decided all chip in (the interns) and make a grill, as our legacy as interns. The grill was ready the day of the farewell dinner!! It was made from an oil drum and we had a local welder put it all together! It had legs, the drum was sliced in half with 2 grill racks inside. It was neat! ask me and i will show you a picture of it! We call it the legacy! Haha. We also purchased a goat the day before and had it walking around the office compound. The night before the roast we slaughtered the goat behind the office! I was babysitting so luckily i did not have to witness this scene. I think the boys thoroughly enjoyed it though. Some of the local staff helped the boys do it. We then put the meat on skewers with onions and peppers and grilled them at the farewell dinner. It was delicious!
This trip has been absolutely amazing and life changing! God has taught me so much! I have fallen more in love with him! He drew himself closer to me so i could feel his love like never before! He showed his love through worship, prayer people and circumstances! God is in all things!
I am so thankful that God used me to help missions in Uganda. I feel extremely blessed and unworthy.
The hardest part of this last week is knowing i would have to say goodbye. I came to this internship thinking it would be mostly about the brain(engineering and discipline) and it was more about the heart (relationships, people, and Gods love). This makes it a lot harder to say goodbye. God used these people to change my life, and to change my heart, and for that i am forever indebted to them.
I hope to do one more post about everything i learned here in Uganda once i return. My flight leaves in less than 8 hours. I cannot beieve it! Thank you all for your support and prayers, it made a huge difference in my life.
