I guess I was wrong...I don't miss my heart. It's in a better place. :)
What I miss most about Lugazi, Uganda is them:
And this.... was the lesson I loved most and will never forget. Learning "Masquerade" from Les Miserables and then putting on our own. 
My secret favorite lesson however was Soulja Boy. You can watch the video here. (Although it's better if you don't judge me, I've already come to grips with the fact that I'm going straight to h-e-double-hockey-sticks for it) :)On a lighter note...the following are a few things I certainly DON'T miss about Uganda. :)
The lovely latrine.
The appealing food. 
And the mosquito nets...or maybe it's the REASON we had to use them..... 
Either way, when it's all said and done, I'd go back a million more times and serve in a million more capacities and probably still wish I could stay longer and do more. Most of you might think I'm crazy - I think we've established that in post's past - but I love these people. Before, I said that I had learned a whole NEW kind of love. But I think I was wrong. Being in Africa didn't teach me a new kind of love, it showed me a new depth of compassion and sacrifice, which taught me more about what love IS.
I learned more about myself and my uncompromising weaknesses within the short moments I spent with them, than I ever thought possible. I realized I know very little about most things...most important things anyway. Like love, strength, compassion, forgiveness, faith, sacrifice, and fortune. I am starting to understand that it's possible I may never fully grasp these concepts. And maybe that's why...I see them as "concepts" and not as expressions, instruments, perceptions. I believe it is within our power to make conscious decisions about our perceptions and therefore change the world. Change ourselves. I learned by being in Lugazi that part of the reason I was created, was to create the goodness and mercy He foresaw in the world. Weren't we all?
I'll probably never understand the way in which He loves us, or why....but I've come to know a piece of how...and that's through us.
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Mallory!! I'm relatively new to this whole blogspot thing, but it looks like your trip was such an experience! I'm happy for you! Did you completely love it?
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