home sweet home

i know, i have been back for two full weeks and i haven't blogged about my trip. how do you blog about the greatest experience of your life? i think it just has to be left unblogged.

but one thing intrigues me. i have a gulu shaped hole in my heart. there's just something about that place that makes me feel more at home than i actually feel at home. i know i will return soon. the question is, will i ever come back here?

...prepare for randomly blogged snippets of my experience.

Uganda

I can't believe I'll be on my way tomorrow!!!!!!

why we yawn...

here's an article that might be on to something.

Why we yawn

let go.

i always think it's interesting how you could hate a song, then suddenly it makes sense and you love it.

i woke up singing this song, the only one on the cd that i would skip, and it was actually the answer to a prayer that i said later in the day... don't you love it when that happens?

We must learn to see without our eyes
We must learn to hear without our ears
We must learn to feel without our hands
There is something greater

It’s the second alive, it’s the second alive,
It’s the second waking up

Let go, let go and come to life
Take a walk in the burning heart of God
We come alive when we lose our lives
Take a walk in the burning heart of God

Now the Spirit opens up your eyes
So let your heart come listen
Come and open up your hands
This God is greater

It’s the second alive, it’s the second alive,
It’s the second waking up

Let go, let go and come to life
Take a walk in the burning heart of God
We come alive when we lose our lives
Take a walk in the burning heart of God

I come alive every time that I let go
I cling to You as I walk into the unknown
And as I’m walking I am sure that I am not alone
Letting go, letting go

Let go, let go and come to life
Take a walk in the burning heart of God
We come alive when we lose our lives
Take a walk in the burning heart of God

--Charlie Hall, The Second Alive

phonoagnosia!

i'm the biggest nerd ever, but this article was really interesting.

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/18/1679578.aspx?GT1=43001

true beauty.

i just read this and i thought it was wonderful.

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.

For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed;
never throw out anyone.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand,
you will find one at the end of each of your arms.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands;
one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.
--Audrey Hepburn

HAHAHA

my dad was writing a letter today, as he turned to ask, "if you don't know who you're sending the letter to, can you start it by saying, 'dear lady or gentleman'?"

i laughed and said, "no, it would be better if you started it with 'to whom it may concern'."

in a confused voice, he said, "what?????"

"to whom it may concern" i said again.

as he typed it onto the screen, my mom was passing by, when she nearly died of laughter. she read the letter, which started with the phrase, "to home it may concern"!