We left this morning. Its midnight in Dubai, and 4 o clock in Kansas...weird..anyways the plane was nice ( real nice) I don't know where those 14.5 hours went! I sat in an aisle seat in the middle section nest to my team leader, Emily. It was fun, we watched Hannah Montana the movie, ate lamb and slept, played bowling ( I dominated and Emily quite when she realized she was going to loose) and slept and talked and slept...haha the weirdest part was watching the sun go down and then seeing it come back up 2 hours later..I think I got maybe 6 hours of sleep? The airport in Dubai was empty, though it felt like morning it was dark...I've been off the plane for 5 hours and now it feels like night...We are at a hotel and it is really nice <3 I get a big bed to myself! My roommate Leah ( you'll hear alot about her in the future) is from FL and is really sweet. The hotel gave us a free meal to an all you can eat buffet! Praise the Lord! let me tell you, there are no picky eaters in my group, everyone was excited to try EVERYTHING and you know it was very exotic food, I found mushrooms and was very happy.
We got 4 hours of sleep...I haven't slept that deep in awhile ( texas was rough) I feel so refreshed! They eat mushrooms for breakfast, so I had some more, not too many..but seeing it is 10 pm kansas and stomach time, I think I'll be ok...later on the plane....They are serving mushroom omlettes and the smell is making me feel sick.. For the first time on the trip I am listening to music... wow..really? I finished reading Amos and Obidiah and Lamentations I don't like reading about Isreals time of seperation but it makes the Grace and Mercy of God even more Great. Sometimes you have to go through the tough times to appriciate the good things...Sadly for Isreal it took alot of them to get it.
Everyone is so excited to get to Uganda today! Most of us still can't believe its happening! I've been talking to alot of kids on my team about how and why Uganda..and let me tell you, NO ONE is on this trip on accident, God's hand was in it the entire time. No one got here on their own and we were all just about last minute.
Its interesting just in these last 24 hours God has really lead my heart to the Middle East..flying over Iraq, Being in Dubai and being up close and personal to the people of Islam ( airport security) seeing the women being covered from head to toe but still looking beautiful, but also oppressed...I think I want to do something with woman in Isalm. We'll see where God takes me. Part f me wishes we were staying in Dubai, Dubai was very diverse, there were people of all nationalities. There is still so much to see and learn and experience and I want to be open to it all. I still am so humbled by God's Grace in giving me the opportunity!
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