We have been crazy busy this past week unpacking because our container came from Uganda! We are so so thankful to have all of our worldly belongings back. We only had about 24 hours after we realized that we would not be back to Uganda any time soon before we left Mbale. Since emotions were running high, we weren't even really thinking well. We moved a few things around, threw in our photo albums, but otherwise we took what we had in our suitcases and left. Nothing in the house was packed up and honestly, I wasn't even sure if we'd ever see our things again. This container has surely been God's grace to us: a sure sign that he cares for us tenderly and meets us in our weakness. This past week has been yet another week of being content to live in paradox. We are so thrilled to have our things, but grieving heavily again, as the Uganda chapter of our lives is officially at an end. We're left with memories in our heart and quite a bit of African dust on our books. I am so grateful to our team for doing the hard work of packing up someone else's belongings and organizing for and packing the container. I'm also thankful to the head office of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church for their kindness to us in shipping the container. We have been loved so well by so many people. Seven years ago, we got an empty container delivered to our house in Oregon, to pack up our lives and take them to Uganda. The kids were so excited about the adventure that awaited them. I thought they were so brave! Now we're back. Those same kids are facing a whole new adventure. Now, I know that they are incredibly brave. It takes so much courage to walk the path they've walked and hold on to joy and hope like they have. I'm more proud of them now than I ever have been before. Please keep praying for us as we continue to walk through so many adjustments. The latest adjustment is that I have moved from working part-time at our Christian school to full-time. I'm so very thankful for the work, and I'm thankful that God has eased us slowly from the "homeschool mom" life to the "working mom" life. The three littles are doing well in school. The four middle ones that are still homeschooling are able to come to school with us and do their schoolwork from there. It has been so wonderful to be able to connect multiple times during the day. The oldest ones that are doing dual enrollement have their own crazy typical college schedules that they are enjoying for the most part. God continues to guide us one step at a time. I have had to force myself not to think too much on the future as I get too overwhelmed, but when I see how God has taken such amazing care of us thus far, I know he will around the corner too.
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