Thursday, Feb 25th 2010, 8:08am - Leaving Uganda and flying home

It’s Thursday, our last day in Uganda.

Last night we spent time with the babies and unpacked the bin that arrived! It‘s hard because we know we are going to leave and miss them soon. The last bin was full of formula and more of the clothes, towels, and other basic supplies we had wanted them to have. We arranged the furniture on the carpet we had purchased and enjoyed playing with the babies till it was time for them to go to sleep.

This morning we are leaving after breakfast for our last shopping for souvenirs but also for the last items we can help Rennie with. Then we will come back do the last of our picture taking and filming. We want to take measurements of the windows and rooms to take back with us. The house needs curtains and rugs in the bedrooms.

Last night we noticed that they need a baby table and toddler table but there is not any room until the upstairs is built. The upstairs will be large. It will be so incredible once we can get that built. We hope it can be within this year.

We went shopping and found what we needed and took many more pictures. Now it’s time to pack and catch our plane flight home tonight. We have mixed feelings. On one hand we miss home, friends, and family! Yet it seems too short of time and we also will miss the babies here and the incredible adventures we had. We’ll see you when we return and on Sunday.

We got on the plane, it was hard to leave. We settled in and heard an announcement on the intercom something about “…it’s safe, do not be concerned, stay in your seats…” I looked and saw two stewardesses walking from the back to the front of the plane in their 60’s looking flight uniforms. They had masks on and were holding both hands in the air with what looked like bug bombs. They were fumigating the airplane and telling us it was safe for us! What we were hearing wasn’t matching what we were seeing yet what could we do. Porsha felt horrible as the flight continued – She took Benadryl when we got to Brussels and the allergy type symptoms subsided. Hum??? Why didn’t we get masks? Seemed unsettling.
In Brussels we realized we could get “Belgian waffles, and Belgian chocolate” so we took our extra time to stock up and went through more screening before flying home. We could tell we were entering the US – seemed stricter. I had someone open up to me about their ministry experiences – heard how so much can go wrong. It is so important to have solid proven leadership and support. Our ministry adventure was so good and I was thankful the Bethany House is connected with such a solid ministry there.
We arrived in Chicago and Porsha broke out in song – she sang every American patriot version she could think of. LOL We were glad to be back, we could call, we knew the long flight home was almost done.
It was an incredible trip. Long flights yet we’d all go back again and appreciate the opportunity.