Moms Rock!

Yesterday we discovered the power of mom-ness. Somehow, they have the ability to turn the ordinary into something extraordinary! Having finally finished school, we were using yesterday as our packing/cleaning day, and both of us knew we had a tremendous amount to accomplish. Enter moms. Both of our mothers spent the morning and better part of a sunny Saturday afternoon indoors, sweeping (dustbunnies in corners - evidence of busy-ness), cleaning, washing, wiping, and boxing up our lives. And today (Mother's Day), they are planning and cooking a barbecue. Could we be any luckier?

This afternoon, while at dinner with Bob's family, we were reminded that next Sunday at this time we will be sleeping in Tanzania after a long Sunday (church services there apparently last the day). My stomach did several little turns and one big flop. It's finally here! And since there's snow in Calgary's forecast for tonight, we're EXTRA happy to be heading warm-wards.

So our itinerary for you interested folks:

Monday (7am) - fly to Toronto.
Monday-Thursday - training and orientation in Toronto
Thursday (unknown time) - fly to London for 12 hours
Friday (about 19 hours after aforementioned unknown time) - fly to Entebbe, Uganda
Friday (who knows) - bus from Entebbe, Uganda to Bukoba, Tanzania.

In the meantime, I'm envisioning myself enjoying the flight and being completely healthy and rejuvinated (for those of you who don't know, my biggest fears are flights and vomit). Thanks for your prayers and support as we prepare for take-off! We will write again as soon as we have access to the internet. And perhaps then we'll even have photographs!