1. USP Farewell
2. Easter cake for Sunday School
3. Easter at Cissys
4. Daniel and Mark did trip to Mburo and Kisoro
5. Maureen's wedding
6. Dinner at Sarah Taboswa's
7. Tearful goodbye with Dorothy (who works with the Froes family, also sister to Joy Obetia who was a friend of my mom's and sister to Beatrice who works at Dennisons and lost her son to cancer this year)
8. Trip to Vincents and then to Ishasha with USP colleagues/friends
9. USP staff farewell
Yet to come:
1. Goodbye to Rachel Robinson--in this context, in these roles
2. Dinner at Vanessa's
3. Dinner at Opols
4. 3 different dinners out with 3 sets of good friends
5. UCU Farewell
6. UCU Thanksgiving at church--I'm not quite sure if we will manage this
7. Farewell to Women's fellowship
8. Last day at Kingfisher with expat families
9. Day at Kids World with Dorothy's family
10. Thanksgiving meal that our house staff will make for us
I'm posting this list with hopes that I'll write up my memories/highlights of the farewells, post photos, etc. But for the immediate, I trust that those reading the blog will keep us in your prayers-- to stay present, to be grateful, to express the right thoughts at the right times in the right ways, to help the children feel stable and to help them process their emotions, to remember/honor that all of us and all who we are leaving are feeling/thinking particular thoughts/feelings based on their personalities, their life circumstances, their relationship to us, to not be too overwhelmed/proud to miss out on receiving the appreciation and love that others have to give us, etc. I will try to get a slideshow of these goodbye events up by June/July!
2. Easter cake for Sunday School
3. Easter at Cissys
4. Daniel and Mark did trip to Mburo and Kisoro
5. Maureen's wedding
6. Dinner at Sarah Taboswa's
7. Tearful goodbye with Dorothy (who works with the Froes family, also sister to Joy Obetia who was a friend of my mom's and sister to Beatrice who works at Dennisons and lost her son to cancer this year)
8. Trip to Vincents and then to Ishasha with USP colleagues/friends
9. USP staff farewell
Yet to come:
1. Goodbye to Rachel Robinson--in this context, in these roles
2. Dinner at Vanessa's
3. Dinner at Opols
4. 3 different dinners out with 3 sets of good friends
5. UCU Farewell
6. UCU Thanksgiving at church--I'm not quite sure if we will manage this
7. Farewell to Women's fellowship
8. Last day at Kingfisher with expat families
9. Day at Kids World with Dorothy's family
10. Thanksgiving meal that our house staff will make for us
I'm posting this list with hopes that I'll write up my memories/highlights of the farewells, post photos, etc. But for the immediate, I trust that those reading the blog will keep us in your prayers-- to stay present, to be grateful, to express the right thoughts at the right times in the right ways, to help the children feel stable and to help them process their emotions, to remember/honor that all of us and all who we are leaving are feeling/thinking particular thoughts/feelings based on their personalities, their life circumstances, their relationship to us, to not be too overwhelmed/proud to miss out on receiving the appreciation and love that others have to give us, etc. I will try to get a slideshow of these goodbye events up by June/July!
Picturing it all with you and can't wait to debrief!
ReplyDeleteI am praying; have a great time as you journey through the farewells.
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