Apologies, Africa, and Alfred Hitchcock

So obviously it has been a long time since I have posted on here. And really I don't have a good excuse. My life seems to be pretty busy and interesting for the most part, so it seems that there would be some good things to post about. But for some reason, I have been drawing a blank lately.

For a while, I considered giving the old blog up permanently and resigning myself to stalk...um...I mean "read" other people's blogs. However, I have decided to get back on the proverbial horse and give it another shot. I will go ahead and issue the disclaimer that my posts are likely to be few and far between, but that is an improvement over nothing, I suppose.

So as for what is going on in life right now, Zach and I leave for Uganda in two days. People keep asking if we are nervous and I can honestly say we are not...for now at least. I think a big part of it is that we don't exactly know what to expect. Our team has had a decent amount of training, but I don't think anything can really prepare us for what we will experience when we are there.

We will be away for almost two weeks but about 40 hours of that time will be spent on a plane in between Houston and Amsterdam or Amsterdam and Entebbe or the reverse. We will be working with a church in Mbale, Uganda and traveling to several church plants in the surrounding area. We will also be going into the schools, prisons, and a children's home and doing "hut-to-hut" evangelism. This is definitely the first trip like this for both of us.

We are really excited about the trip and feel very blessed to even be able to go on it. It doesn't actually feel real that we are going to AFRICA in two days. But I have about 200 lbs. of luggage sitting in my guest room to prove it, I guess.

Well I look forward to the work that is going to be done there and I am excited about the stories with which we will return. Our team has a blog where we will be posting updates as internet access allows. You can follow it at http://tbcuganda2008.blogspot.com/.

And now, I will get back to watching Wipeout, which I will admit, despite the risk of being incredibly judged, is one of my new favorites. Who doesn't love to watch people ricochet between giant rubber balls while their limbs flail about in all directions? Not me, that is for sure.

Until the next post, good night.*

*I have recently begun a kick of watching the old Alfred Hitchcock Presents series. If you haven't seen them, I highly recommend. The relevance of this asterisk is that this is how Mr. Hitchcock signs off each week and as he is quickly becoming my new favorite, I feel that this is an appropriate tribute.