This evening felt very African to me. A walk that normally takes me about 5 minutes took me about 45 minutes tonight. After dinner, I walked out with two of my friends and we stood around and chatted for about 15 minutes...then I ran into a girl on my street who I got to chat with for another 10 minutes or so...then my neighbor drove up beside me, turned his car off, and we talked for about another 15 or so minutes before some other friends came up and we finally all continued on. Then when I got home, I headed out again with two wonderful gentlemen to walk a few miles...and then got home only to call my neighbor friend and she and I ran a mile and walked a couple more. It was totally a relational night and that made me heart soooo happy and it felt soooo African. There is work that I needed to be doing as always, but relationships took priority...it was a good break from the time crunch orientation of the day...of the past several days. :) God is good...He just really is.