I am so thankful for the technology that keeps me in touch with my team in Bundibugyo. I love getting emails from them and reading their blogs and seeing pictures. Today when I read this and this, I was sad that I couldn't be there. As I grieve being so far from my African home and family and look ahead to another surgery tomorrow, my heart is heavy. I have so much to be thankful for--good medical care, treatable cancer, and a supportive family in my American home, just to mention a few.
So, while it is easy to focus on what I am missing out on and to dread the recovery ahead, I choose to post some pictures from the last few days. And to find joy in the place I am today!
Celebrating Father’s Day and my Dad’s birthday on Sunday. He had lots of help blowing out those candles and opening his gifts :)
Enjoying the bounty of fresh fruit available in Maryland in June. All hand-picked and truly delicious!
Celebrating my first attempt at homemade popsicles with some fresh fruit. I’m bringing the molds to Bundibugyo with me, Anna!
Our fancy new cherry pitter contraption. That’s a lotta pits.
Today as I started my washing machine, I thought of the team in Bundibugyo. Join me in praying for the water situation in our town there; water lines have been broken and the availability of water has been touch and go for weeks. Water is an essential for life and as people go to the river for water, water-borne diseases like cholera are a real possibility. Pray that clean water would be available to all soon!
Chrissy, I happen to know a lot about the water crisis that's going on all over the world, and I've seen the effects of it first hand. It's not pretty, and it's sad that it's the number one danger for people on earth, yet it's as simple as supplying clean water.
ReplyDeleteI will definitely be praying about this for those in Bundi.