We hope to leave this afternoon for our week and a half away. First we have to pack, close the house and load up all the things that are supposed to make it to Kampala (some of that decade of accumulation!) It feels daunting but the kids are eager to be off so maybe we’ll make it out today.

CSB Girls football team plays their first tournament match today at 11 am in Fort Portal. We won’t make it in time to see that game, but should see at least one game tomorrow. We will spend our first two nights in Fort Portal. On Tuesday afternoon we’ll head on to Kampala where we’ll begin errands there before flying out Thursday for Southern Sudan!! We will spend four full days with our new WHM Sudan team and most importantly with Naomi and Quinn’s friends Liana and Gabriel. None of the kids can wait!! It is very hot in Sudan, not my favorite thing, but I know we’re going to have a blast.

We’ll spend another day or two in Kampala on the return end before heading back here a week from Friday, just in time to greet the teachers with more beginning of term briefings. Students will return on Monday.

My expectations are low for this to be very restful. But I do hope that it will be restorative in many ways: new sights to see, new foods to eat, talking with friends, dreaming new dreams, and letting our minds wander far from CSB. Pray for us.