It’s really hard to believe that our ten months in Uganda is already over- and that we survived! We both have been surprised about how much we’ve enjoyed our time here, and how Christ has even worked in our hearts a desire to return. It has been amazing to look back and see how God has orchestrated our coming to Africa and the work that he “hand picked” for us while we served here. We are sad to say goodbye to Uganda, but are hopeful that the goodbye is only temporary. Though we are still unsure of the future, we trust in God’s timing and his purposes for us, his children.
We leave Uganda Monday morning, June 11th, and will fly British Airways to London. We are using some savings to travel through Italy for ten days, spend a couple of nights in Switzerland, and visit our friend Jean, an eMi intern, in England as well. Our return flight arrives in St. Louis in the evening on Tuesday, June 26th.
We greatly anticipate our reunion with everyone!!!
On Monday, we traveled to eastern Uganda to a mountainous region, near Mt. Elgon, called Sipi Falls. The rolling, green mountains, patch-worked with matoke, tea, coffee, and maize fields, has a series of three magnificent waterfalls cascading through them. We spent a day hiking and climbing and were simply in awe of the beauty of our creator. It was also a refreshing time to reflect on our past year here.
Saying goodbye to friends...
On the last day of school, Heritage had a chapel service and said goodbye to several of us who are leaving.This is a picture with my friends Catherine Osborne, the 6th Grade Teacher, Annie Brown, the Kindergarten Teacher, and Keeley Wickham, the secondary English and Drama teacher. Heritage is still in need of teachers for this coming school year if you or someone you know is interested!
My 5th graders, waving "hello" to you-our friends and family in the states!
4 comments:
we look so forward to seeing you both! and of course, we are praying for God's will and hopefully a return to Africa!! see you soon!
We just heard the wonderful news about October! We are so excited for you both - clearly God has an amazing plan for you!
Hey guys! Long time no talk. Are you guys planning on attending the eMi conference in Wyoming in a few weeks? We are and I was wondering if you'd be there as well. It would be fun to cross paths with you somehow while you're back in the states, but that seems unlikely since you don't live on the West Coast. So any news on whether you'll return to Uganda or not??
Hey david and Amanda! We think about you often and would love to see you sometime when you come back (hopefully just to visit). You are in our prayers.
Evan and Katie and Joshua
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