Quick update: When I was first accepted to Iris for the summer, I also applied for thier Israel outreach. But I never heard back for them so I assumed that I didn't get accepted. When I arrived here, the leader said..."Hello Brianna Nordstrom. O yes, you are on my Israel team." I was really taken back because since I had never heard about my acceptance, I shut my heart down to it. But I was accepted. So I am currently praying and working out the possibility of going on the Israel outreach. So please pray for me.

Also... pray because I am really going through a little dark section of my trip here, feeling overdone and lethargic and sick. I think it's a little bit of culture shock. We have had no water for 4 or 5 days and I am really feeling it. But strangly enough, at the same time of my culture shock, I am experiencing deeper and deeper heartbreak for Mozambique. I spent the night with the little girls the other night and more than I could love on them, they just loved on me. I am falling in love with this country.

Please excuse my terrible writing. I have Portugues and Makua and english running through my head and my words are coming out funny...