With only 13 sleeps to go the countdown is on. It's hard to contemplate, sometimes, packing your life into 4 suitcases. (I visited the rest of my life packed in the basement of a friend's today...I miss it already!) I keep thinking I have everything, then I find something else I need. I know I will probably be able to find it in Kampala, but there is some security in knowing you have everything you need right off the bat. There is still alot of uncertainty, like getting through customs, hoping that someone is there to pick me up, not knowing where I will be staying for the first few weeks. It's comforting to know that I have everything I need to "live" my life the way I know it, at least until my supplies run out.
With only a short time left at home, I have finished work and am "working" at trying to spend as much time as possible with family and friends. As much as I am excited about my new life in Uganda, I am already starting to miss home. I guess that's normal. I try not to think ahead to my birthday and to Christmas as I get too sad. It will be interesting to live between two worlds: making a new life in Kampala yet still keeping my foot in the door at home. I was never one for psychology, and now I feel like I will be living in a life sized psychology experiment.
I am truly looking forward to making Kampala my home. I am most looking forward to the everyday presence of God in my life. It is so eay to leave Him in the background here at home where everything is familiar and comfortable. But to rely on Him each day, to talk to Him each day, to have Him be present in my work life, this is something that I have been dreaming about since I came home from Bufukhula last May. I give thanks to God and my supporters each day for this amazing opportunity.
With only a short time left at home, I have finished work and am "working" at trying to spend as much time as possible with family and friends. As much as I am excited about my new life in Uganda, I am already starting to miss home. I guess that's normal. I try not to think ahead to my birthday and to Christmas as I get too sad. It will be interesting to live between two worlds: making a new life in Kampala yet still keeping my foot in the door at home. I was never one for psychology, and now I feel like I will be living in a life sized psychology experiment.
I am truly looking forward to making Kampala my home. I am most looking forward to the everyday presence of God in my life. It is so eay to leave Him in the background here at home where everything is familiar and comfortable. But to rely on Him each day, to talk to Him each day, to have Him be present in my work life, this is something that I have been dreaming about since I came home from Bufukhula last May. I give thanks to God and my supporters each day for this amazing opportunity.
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