As we drove into Fort Portal, I couldn’t see much other than the shining bright lights of the big city. My how my definition of “big city” has changed in one month! I recently returned from 10 days spent in the “big city”. It was a time of refreshment as our team went on a prayer retreat and afterwards I spent time at Pat’s second home.
Some highlights of our time away:
- Petting a camel at the guest farm we stayed at for the prayer retreat
- Speaking English and being understood most of the time
- Grocery shopping in what felt like a Wal-Mart (but my definition of Wal-Mart has changed a lot too!)
- Eating out at restaurants—cooking from scratch every night gets old after a while
- Cool temperatures at a higher elevation
- Painting one of Pat’s bathrooms with lime green paint
- Walking through the tea fields behind Pat’s house in total quiet, peace and solitude
- A lack of mosquitoes and critters in general
- Spending time in the Word while drinking coffee on Pat’s sunny back porch
- Having a great conversation with my parents (the call was only dropped 3 times!)
- Switching malaria preventatives and saying good-bye to nasty side effects
- Sleeping through the night!
My time in Fort Portal was great—the adjustment to life back in Bundibugyo has had its ups and downs. I am glad to be back in my house, feeling some vague sense of familiarity in my surroundings and not living out of a suitcase. I am glad to see some familiar faces as well and am enjoying getting back into a new rhythm of life here, even if we are missing the Johnsons and Anna. I hit a low a few days ago when I was really sick but am so thankful for God’s provision of loving team members who cared for me and kept loneliness at bay. I am feeling much better today though and have enjoyed a restful weekend full of baking, a phone call home to Tony and Rachel, teaching Usta, my language helper, to play Uno, and watching the Office over dinner with Pat.
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