Leaving Sunday despite it all!

Here is the email I sent my supporters this morning:

I just wanted to let you all know that my ultrasound went well yesterday and nothing was found on it. I’m feeling better—still not at 100% but I am planning to leave on Sunday. The doctors aren’t entirely certain as to what is causing this “lump” feeling in my throat but it could easily be a virus, allergies, reflux, or just stress. Everything that could be done medically has been. So, I’m believing that God will heal me completely and that the stresses of this week will be forgotten when I land on Ugandan soil!

I leave Sunday evening around 9 pm. I will travel from Philadelphia to London to Kampala and on to Bundibugyo. I think I’ll be arriving at my new home about 3 days after I leave! Here are some things you can be praying about:

• Please continue to pray for my health—that I would be at 100% when I walk onto that airplane!
• Please pray for my luggage. That may sound ridiculous but it is quite a challenge to fit everything into 50 lb. bags. Pray that my luggage would not be lost and that I would not struggle to get them off the baggage carousel onto a cart when I arrive.
• Please pray for my family as I prepare to say good-byes to them. It is so hard to know I won’t be with them for so many months but pray that we would have peace as well as excitement for the two years ahead!
• Please just pray for details to work well. As I meet people in London and Kampala, pray that I’d have no trouble finding them. Pray that all would go smoothly with immigration and customs. Pray that my flights would be on time. Pray that the weather would work so that I can land on the air strip in Bundibugyo. So many little things but thank goodness they are all in the Father’s hands!

Hopefully my next email to you will be from Uganda! And thank you for your prayers—they are felt!

Until the darkness turns to light,

Chrissy Chipriano