Countdown: One Week!

Hi everyone! Well I can't believe how quickly the summer has gone by and that it is almost time for me to leave. As most of you know I will be studying abroad in Uganda this coming fall semester with BestSemester, a Christian study abroad organization. My communication will be extremely limited and so I am planning to use this blog as a way to let you all know how I'm doing and to tell you about all the exciting adventures I am having :) I am excited about the prospect of learning to wash my clothes in a bucket and going rafting down the Nile river - should be an amazing first semester of my senior year!

I've had a wonderful summer working at a transitional housing facility for homeless young mothers called Jubilee Village. My summer was filled with many challenges and most days I came home exhausted, but I am extremely grateful for the many opportunities that this summer afforded me. As my awesome friend Christine (who is spending 6 months in Peru at the moment) commiserated about earlier on in the summer, sometimes the best way to learn is just to be thrown in the action. So when I was terrified out of my mind because I was asked to go to court with a client and advocate for her in front of a judge, I just reminded myself that I even when I feel completely incompetent, my best is still better than nothing - and guess what? I got a ticket completely dismissed and my client's fees reduced by half! I guess my incompetence can be good after all...praise the Lord! I look forward to more moments of complete and total reliance on God this coming fall.

I promise to update this blog as much as I can and I hope you have fun reading it as well. I will also be reachable by email (meghan.quigg@gmail.com) and would love to hear from you at any time! I will try to send out an email to everyone each time that I update this blog. Thank you all for your support!

P.S. If you're curious about the name of my blog, you'll have to ask my wonderful fiance Josh :)