Like vs. Dislike

THINGS I LOVE ABOUT UGANDA:

1. Ice Cream
2. Potato Chips
3. Green Apple Soda
4. Motorcycles
5. The children meet no stranger and they want to say Hi to the mzunga (white person) 100x as she walks by their house and say Goodbye 100x as she walks away. The same thing happens as she walks the opposite direction coming back from town lol :)
6. Pineapples
7. Shiv Shyam Supermarket and the sweet people who work there,
8. Using my debit card at the ATM
9. The children love to dance and sing :)
10. Kwagala Baby Home and ALL the blessings inside (Big and Small)
11. The God I serve in America is the same wonderful God I serve in Uganda
12. Due to walking, not eating a whole lot, and not having meat, I have lost weight!
13. Rice
14. 24 hour Doctors Office to test John for Malaria
15. Hearing Drums and singing at 1am
16. Thomas the Tank Engine Memory Game
17. Giant Coloring Books
18. Security Guard at Baby Home
19. Security Guard *who doesn't propose to me* at the ATM
20. The lovely people at the Internet store
21. The Swivel fan
22. Geckos that eat the bugs and don't come in my bed :)
23. Mosquito nets that work as long as my arm isn't touching the net in the middle of my sleep
24. Did I mention that the same God who hears my prayers in America is the same God that hears my prayers in Uganda? :)
25. Eva getting into Primary 2!!!
26. Many people speak English and they teach English in school
27. Cheap charcoal for cooking
28. Cheap bottled water
29. Children like Derik and little Eva who give the best hugs!!
30. Children like Nuubu who are shy but have the sweetest smiles :) and read in English very well
31. Children like Isima and Asllam who leave a HUGE impression on your heart in just a short time
32. Mercy's hard work
33. Eva's love for shoes, singing, and movies
34. John's growing little body
35. Did I mention children like Derik and little Eva who give the best hugs?
36. Did I also mention that the same God who wipes away my tears in America wipes them away in Uganda as well?
37. The same God who longs to have a relationship with me in America calls out to me in Uganda
38. The same God who knows what my future holds in America also knows what my future holds while I'm in Uganda
39. The same God who loves to hear me sing praises to Him in America loves it even more when I'm singing praises to Him after crying in Uganda
40. No matter where I am, what I'm doing, how I'm feeling, or why I'm calling out to Him, God is here in Uganda just as much as He is there in America :)

THINGS I DON'T LIKE ABOUT UGANDA:

1. The beautiful African rain only lasts like....5 minutes! Why not 5 HOURS????
2. Whether they brush their teeth or not, 99% of them have beautiful white smiles. It's not fair!
3. The mosquitos are 10x as vicious!
4. My family being halfway across the world. They should be here in Uganda with me
5. Not having my camera to take pictures of these beautiful people because someone at one of the airports thought they needed my camera more than I did! I hope it broke on them....
6. There is no squirt cheese to replenish my supply lol
7. No Wendy's Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers
8. No pizza
9. Did I mention that the rain only lasts like...5 mins!!!!
10. The loud metal doors when John is sleeping...not anymore! ha.
11. Security Guards who propose to you at the ATM........smh.

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED READING :) !!!!!