So, we are leaving in 29 hours. As I type this, I am listening to our washing machine make a horrible noise that it refused to make yesterday when the repairman was here. Our past two weeks have been a similar story. . .
health insurance cancelled (it's been reinstated after most of the day on the phone Friday!), car breaking down in the middle of the road in the rain with all 3 kids in back, roof leaking, sink stopped up, school issues around our trip....it's been a little crazy to say the least, but I truly believe it's the Lord's way of preparing us for our trip and teaching us that we can't let the little things in life distract us from our bigger mission. Distracted we have been at times, but as Yoda would say, forging ahead we are! I hope and pray we will be able to handle the disruptions that are sure to occur in Africa with the same faithfulness and just look at it all as one big adventure.
We are packing the last of our bags, including a huge duffle filled with deflated soccer balls and a few pumps, another with tons of donated children clothes to distribute, and yet another with 230 toothbrushes, 150 tubes of toothpaste and boxes upon boxes of chewy granolas. We also have over 100 of the most beautiful cards made by American children for the children in orphanages and hospitals in Uganda. A HUGE SHOUT OUT to all of you who were so generous in providing these things for us to take over. We cannot thank you all enough for your support and will do our best to post some photos of them being distributed.
We are flying out early Tuesday morning and have a very short layover in London then off to Entebbe, Uganda. We are scheduled to arrive at 8 a.m. local time Wednesday morning. We will be staying with 'Auntie Roxanne' in Kampala, and venturing to a 'town' several hours away Saturday to meet with some contacts about evaluating Wasswa's village for a water well. We hope to spend several days with them learning about their process and checking out the village together.
Please keep our family in your prayers for safe travels!!
