Going-away party

Liz and me. We arrived in Kampala at almost the same time and have shared a lot of experiences. She and her husband have lived many places around the world, so she showed me the ropes of managing in a foreign country.

Scott has turned into a capable juggler. He was a good sport about hanging around with our friends.

Kevin, our host, and John, our pastor, visit with Paul on the front steps.

Left to right: Sherrie, who owns a generator company in Kampala (great business to be in with our intermittent power); Dick, a doctor; Rand, a documentary filmmaker and sometime fish farmer; Derek, an accountant with Missionary Aviation Fellowship; and Kristi, a hairstylist. Scott is listening to their tales of life in Uganda. They're all in our Bible study.

Our good friends Kevin and Liz threw us a going-away party last Saturday at their home. It was a perfect party, in my opinion, because we got to have lots of our favorite new friends together, but since we're not leaving for a couple weeks we didn't actually have to say goodbye.

Speaking of goodbyes, we say goodbye to Scott today. We'll leave in a few minutes to take him to the airport. We'll see him next back in the U.S. in mid-July when his school term finishes. He had an exciting first half of his mid-term break, spending two weeks in Tanzania with his roommate's family. They camped at the beach, where he got to snorkel in the Indian Ocean and paraglide. Then he's had a quiet couple of weeks here in Kampala with us, although he did take that rafting trip down the Nile. We'll miss him, but we're glad he's going back to be with his friends at a school that has become a second home.