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So here I am in Glossop at the start of this journey. Feeling thankful for the grace that brings me to this point in life and excited to be on the edge of what could be a big adventure. At some point I thought it was a reasonable idea to go to the airport from my sister’s wedding reception. So I am anticipating the following in a 24 hour period:

1. Being a bridesmaid for my lovely sister
2. Boarding a plane for Entebbe, Uganda
3. Leaving Europe for the first time
4. Not losing my passport
5. Eating haggis sausages
6. Getting very little sleep
7. Not flushing the plane loo whilst sitting on it
8. Being very bored
9. Being very un-bored
10. Having a big reunion with old friends
11. Meeting some brand new faces
12. Sweating in the Hilton sauna
13. Sweating in the Ugandan sun
14. Traversing the equator
15. Being very excited and very scared

One of those days where you’re thinking how on earth did I end up at this point? 6 weeks ago me and C-M were looking out over Sheffield from her attic bedroom on the phone to a Irish Catholic nun in a supermarket in Uganda. In a couple of days we’ll be there. A few years ago me and Liz were arguing over who was better at piano, now she’s getting married. This is brilliant. I’m excited. Off to try and learn some medicine and see what it's like living in a totally different context. Try to get a hunger for justice and shake of some complacency. Try and meet God in a new way and live out his heart. Try to see if I could do this kind of work in the future. Try being thrown off a raft into the Nile. Try and see a few hippos. Try not to get bilharzia. That’s the plan.

See you in the other hemisphere.

Christine