24 Hours From Now

I am getting so excited!  Tomorrow morning at this time, I will be driving to the airport, with all the supplies (hopefully) I need for a year in Uganda.  Things that are special to me are tucked away and ready for my return, and everything else will be on my back or in the bags I drag into the airport.

As I have been packing and weighing and making last minute shopping trips to stores, I have become overwhelmed.  It's hard to try to decide "Will I need this sometime this next year?"  A year is a huge chunk of time.  A year is a long time to leave all my friends in the States to move across the world to Africa.  I will miss everyone, and yet I know this is the right thing for me to do now.  I am going to submerse myself once again in the life and culture of the Ugandan people, and I get to love on the children of Budaka.  What a privilege it is to be able to go and be with new friends there.  And what a great thing it will be to then come back and share with my friends in America!

Thank you everyone who supports me.  Thank you for the things I have been receiving for the work in Uganda: financial support, restaurant supplies, goodies for the kids, cards with encouraging words - I appreciate everything!  I have included a picture from the packing yesterday to give you an idea of the amount of items my mom and I are trying to take with us, most of which were donated by our friends here.  The other picture is a special cup that I am taking to use at my new job in Uganda- personalized with a nickname from my green apron friends  :) 

My next post will be from Uganda- woo-hoo!  Thanks friends!
Love you,
Abby