It's Not Good-bye, It's See You Later

We are down to our last day here in the states (at least for a season). It's kind of a strange feeling to wake up and know life as you know it is about to change for an unknown amount of time. We've done this once before, but it was a move from one state to another. Moving to another country feels quite a bit different.

I'm not sure which adjectives best describe the feelings inside of us all. We are all feeling both sides of the coin; the positive and the challenging. The wondering of how long, what it is going to look like, etc is kind of freeing but yet kind of pressing.

We are truly blessed and excited for this adventure ahead. It's hard to say good-bye, so instead we are saying, see you later. It makes it easier for some reason.

We will have close to 100 people coming to serve with SMI in the next 6 months, so we definitely won't be alone. We're excited too because my dad and Becky are planning a visit at the first of next year. Email us if you want to join us for a cup on tea on the porch at Field of Dreams. (tea in Uganda at FOD is a wonderful experience...watching the toucans, enjoying the beautiful pure white birds flow in tandem across the valley, listening to the cows talk to one another and hearing the swooshing of grass being cut along with a few giggles from children across the way.)

We hope to begin blogging regularly once we get our feet on the ground in Uganda.We will head to the airport at 4am tomorrow. We then travel to Toronto Canada, Brussels Belgium, stop in Rwanda and then land in Entebbe Uganda on Tuesday morning west coast time. It will be roughly a 24 hour trip.

We still have some odds and ends to finish up, so better get to it!

Lori

A few pictures of our preparations:

Maggie learning to love her kennel!

Nice letter attached to Maggie's Kennel.

The view from our front widow...gonna miss our roses

Some of our packed bags!