One month to go...

One month from now, on May 24, my plane will leave Vancouver and I will begin to make my way to Uganda!! Preparation for the trip is going well...although it has been a little slow in the past few weeks as I have been working a lot at the hospital.

Life has been so busy that I haven't had much time yet to process what I am going to be doing and experiencing when I am away. Right now, I think I have an idea of what the trip is going to look like, but I am also expecting to be surprised and challenged! This trip will be very self-directed in the first few weeks, which will be quite a change for me. Every job that I have held has not really allowed me much leeway in deciding what I will or won't do during the day...lifeguarding and nursing in a hospital setting don't really allow for that (and for good reason!) My sense is that this project in Uganda will be refreshing, as it will allow me the freedom I so often crave in my current work, and challenging, as I will have to choose how to structure and prioritize each day's work. I'm starting to process all this as I am writing, and I am realizing how much I am going to need His guidance each day while I am in Uganda!