Since Brad and I have been here, we have made so many wonderful new friends- inside and out of our mission organization. Even within the first week we were here, someone had us over for a meal each day in order to help us adjust and get to know each other better. The many meals and time we spend together will certainly be some of my best memories once we come back home. These people are so dear to our hearts, that we know we won't be able to stop talking about them... So here's just a quick profile of a few. Every week, Brad and I have been meeting up with our friends John, Erica, and Jeannie. This is a time that not only do we eat dinner and ice cream together, but we also spend time (girls with girls and guys with guys) just talking about what the Lord is teaching us that week. It's just a time to be intentional with each other and dig down into each others lives. It's amazing! John and Erica have been married for two years and come from Kentucky. Jeannie is our age, just graduated from Asbury in Kentucky, and is from Georgia. Side note, just about everyone here in our mission is somehow affiliated with Asbury. The three of them are actually only in Kampala for just a little while longer. They are here learning Swahili in order to move to Arua to do missions there. Arua is in Northern Uganda, and WGM is just now setting the foundations to begin pastor training not only there, but also in the Congo and the Sudan. Sadly, our friends leave in about 2 weeks. Brad and I will probably take the long road trip with them to help them get settled in their new houses. But until they leave, we're going to spend as much time continuing to get to know each other and encourage each other weekly- daily even. In the first picture is, (left to right) John, Erica, Jeannie, myself, and Brad. The second is Delight, Lee Ann, Ben, Jeannie, myself, and Ethan. These are just a few of our other friends within World Gospel Mission. The third is Lisa and Ethan. We live with behind Lisa, and are always laughing because of her bubbly personality.