Wrapping up

Alyssa and I did make it out of Uganda last Wednesday with only a small glitch in our travel plans. Somehow our taxi had been cancelled so Jennie ran around frantically trying to find all of us rides to the airport. Luckily, she was able to do so and we all got off just in time. It was REALLY hard saying good-bye to Jennie. The three of us cried when we had to part with her. It's hard knowing that I won't see this dear friend until next September. Please pray for her and the rest of her time in Uganda. Pray for the relief work she is helping with and that she feels peace and comfort in the middle of every circumstance.

London was GREAT! Alyssa and I met up with Jared (the pastor from my church's team that had just left Uganda) Wed. night and walked around and had dinner. It was good but we were pretty tired and Jared kept wanting to keep walking. We finally had to leave him at Covent Gardens because we were just too tired to walk anymore. But we were much better after a good night's sleep. We went shopping for some more wintry clothes on Thursday because it was quite a bit colder there than in Uganda -- like about 30 degrees. We spent most of the day just walking around and enjoying London. Thursday night we saw Les Miserables. It was FANTASTIC! Alyssa has seen it several times and she said it was the best performace she had ever seen. All the singers had incredible voices and played their parts so well. I didn't want it to be over. Friday we went to Westminster Abbey and walked around. It was nice to be in a more peaceful place and I think good for me to stop every hour to pray. They were starting a lecture series on Sunday about Justice. Alyssa and I were both really sad we were going to miss it. And they were doing their first Advent service on Sunday, which we also were missing. Next time maybe we'll plan a little better and get to actually go to a service. Seems like it would be a neat place to worship in. This is the place where all the old kings and queens of England are buried -- like all the King Henrys, Queen Elizabeth, King Edward...the list goes on. There are also a lot of the famous English writers buried there, such as Jane Austen, Chaucer, Handel and so many more that I can't remember them. We also saw Big Ben and all that tourist stuff around the Abbey. Then we walked to lunch and got a little turned around so we ended up walking for a really long ways and my foot was hurting a lot, so it took us even longer because we had to stop so much. But we finally found a little pub to have lunch in and sat and talked for a couple of hours over burgers and chips and pints of beer. Then we decided that we wanted to try to see another show that night. We ended up getting balcony tickets to Fiddler on the Roof. It too was a really good show and the players played their parts perfectly. Then we went back to the hotel and packed up and got on our plane without a hitch on Saturday.

So, I am home safely in Denver. It's good to be back, even though it was so sad to leave. Thank you to all of you who have taken the time to read about my sporadic and crazy adventures. I know there are many more stories that did not get told on this blog. Hopefully I will see most of you soon as the holidays are soon approaching. Feel free to email me with any further questions or comments. I would love to hear from you all. Thanks for partnering with me over this past month. You will never know how much your interest and involvement was needed and felt during my time in Africa. Many blessings.