Our first good-bye

Leaving for Uganda involves good-byes and we said our first one last week. Alfonc, our exchange student from Albania, left to visit his mother and brothers for the summer. He's been in the US for two years, finishing high school and his first year at Oregon State University. He won't return until after we've left so we had to say good-bye for a year. We miss him. He's become a part of the family and it seems different now that he's gone.

When Alfonc returns in late August, he will be living in our home. Our older son, Carl, and Alfonc and two other college students will also live in our home while we're gone.

Paul