Feelings

I leave in less than a week for my second trip to Africa. Last year I came back with a vision to take a US girls soccer team to Uganda and do soccer clinics for the poorest children in Uganda. I met a wonderful person, not by chance, and she had a soccer team she thought would want to go. We then put together this daunting experience for 16 American girls. We are the first team ever to go to Uganda. At times, the planning has been like a full time job. At times, I've wanted to quit. I didn't get paid to do this. Yet, I know things will work out. Uganda is about the unknown. You can't expect anything to happen on your "American" timeline. I have anxiety about leaving Shawn and the kids for so long. How is he going to do it all? I'm trying to put it all aside and let God take care of it. I am going to be different when I come home. I'll probably go through a period of time where I have sleep issues (like I did last time). I'm a visual person and I couldn't get the images out of my head. I'd tuck my kids in at night and think about the millions of kids who didn't have a mom or dad to do that simple task. Anyway, bare with me........if I talk about Africa constantly, I can't help it. Really. Follow my journey here and at goalsforgirls.blogspot.com. I'll try to update it as often as possible. Either one or the other, or if I'm lucky, both!