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I am not a third world girl…

  1. Squatty potties 
  2. Mystery crunch
  3. Tan lines or dirt?
  4. "Did you wash your hair?" is both an insult and a compliment 
  5. Muzungu time vs. Kenyan time 
  6. The world is your trash can
  7. "There's always room for one more" is a phrase for ANY situation 
  8. Since when are oranges green?
  9. Mirror mirror on no wall
  10. Chips = French Fries 
  11. Saturday bathing!!!
  12. Who volunteers to saw the head off the chicken tonight?
  13. thighs. thighs. thighs. thighs. thighs.
  14. Pringles, wafer cookies, chocolate bars, coke, and fanta are the BEST things in the world.
  15. All carb diet 
  16. "Let's go to Yako Mart, again!"
  17. Baby or goat?
  18. Rocks in your Chocs
  19. Old school laundry day
  20. Bathroom buddies… aka cockroaches 
  21. What is that smell…?
  22. Beans and rice, rice and beans
  23. "In bed and forget something? HA! Good luck." …Sincerely your mosquito net 
  24. Garbage burning… everywhere 
  25. If I didn't know before… I AM WHITE.

Though God did not design me as a third world girl, He put me in this place for a reason and for such a time as this. I have recognized things in myself that I never would have seen if I hadn't come to Busia. To say that I appreciate life a little more would be an understatement. To say I have grown tremendously would not come close to the amount I have seen myself becoming. I have clearly felt and heard God in so many ways. I could not express the greatness and overwhelming power of God working in and through my life. I thank God for putting me in the difficult situations, even if it is only to be attacked by the smiling faces of children who just want to hold your hand. 

"And now, compelled by the Holy Spirit, I am going to (Kenya), not knowing what will happen to me there. I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me. However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task that the Lord Jesus has given me – the task of testifying the gospel of God's grace." Acts 20:22-24

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