This Weekend and Uganda

Uganda is prevalent in the thoughts and prayers of our class at church these days.   The founders of Ugandan Lambs are leaving for their trip today; and the others in the Ugandan team will join them next week.

Also, yesterday, we had a very interesting talk from one of our church missionaries working with eMI building buildings and building in people in Uganda.   The engineering work being done in architecting and building buildings, structures, and schools is so interesting and seems so meaningful and fulfilling.  And the speaker, who described himself as an "extroverted engineer" was so interesting to listen to.  I was motivated to work on being better able to proclaim the glories of God and to communicate it more effectively.  May God continue to be at work through that family and their ministry.  And may He continue to be with them through all the challenges they have faced - loss of a family member, health issues with eyes, etc.

Saturday, we had a good time of fellowship at our class potluck.  I made fried rice with brown and red rice; but, because of the consistency, it just didn't quite taste right.  It is healthier and it tastes okay; but, I'm not sure how I feel about making it again.

After church yesterday, I spent the day with a friend from class.   Though she fits into the old category of friendship that I "give" a lot to - driving, finding places to go and things to do, paying for meals, etc; yet, it's not totally inequitable.  She has a truly grateful spirit, she encourages me in words, and she prays for me.  In fact, just an hour after we prayed together at the end of the day, God answered.  And she sincerely expresses thanks and tries to think of ways to bless me.  And, we found a good Thai restaurant - Thai BBQ at 7th and Temple in Long Beach.   It had really good Pad Thai and the size of the Thai Iced Tea was nice and large.   We did order Tom Yum Pla - the white fish was good, but, I've never been a huge fan of that lemon grass tart flavor in soups.  The previous week, we went to Bai Plu on Bellflower - that is a Thai/Japanese restaurant.  There, the sushi fish was not so fresh and we ordered a Thai soup with coconut milk.  Overall, the prices were more expensive and the food not as good as at Thai BBQ.    Also, the waitress at Thai BBQ was very friendly and even gave us some recipe tip secrets - the Pad Thai sauce used tamarind, vinegar, and sugar; and the secret was red onions.   The iced tea was just Thai tea with half-and-half.   I would definitely go back to Thai BBQ  (their lunch special Pad Thai was only $6.99 and it was so good).