loaves in wonderland

Norah Jones, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin and ol' blue eyes are the soundtrack of the day in IMME Quarters today.
(IMME= the USP kids living with families for the semester…they have their own headquarters complete with office space on campus…which is consequently where the only internet has been for about 4 days.)
I went running up Monkey Hill (the mountain that we live on here, stretching out and behind campus above my dorm) last night at sunset…just about the most beautiful thing I've seen since coming here. Running up the hill, feeling like my legs were made of lead and my lungs were going to collapse in the African heat- the sun was setting out over the town as I looked out and saw through jungle trees the red clay roofs of Mukono. It was amazing to see the organization of the city from such a massive elevation, when walking around town is like a whole other jungle in and of itself…trying to cross the road, standing between the two unmarked lanes of traffic threatening to run you over should move your toe a bit too far to one side…it was beautiful to get that new mountain perspective on my little town of mazed foot paths and boda drivers rerouting your every step with caution and dodging.
Wednesday was Agape Wednesday- we had a brilliant potluck style breakfast instead of the usual worship service on Wednesday to all start the day with a feast and fellowship. There is nothing that brings people together more than lawnchairs and music outside with tables full of sweet breads, bananas, sour oranges, and milk tea with cinnamon. Such a beautiful time of breakfast, laughing, poetry shouted from the steps, shared insight, and just pure fellowship of friends. There was even a cake, which I dubbed an unbirthday cake to satisfy the confusion of many USP students who just couldn't accept that cake without occasion should be present at breakfast- very Lewis Carroll. With a combination of an unbirthday cake and the way that we made so few loaves of bread spread between the mass of people that we did- we added a second name onto Agape Wednesday- Loaves in Wonderland, as a mixture of the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 and Alice in Wonderland… is it alright to put Jesus & Carroll in the same association? Ha ha ha… might be good for ol' Lewis...