As a community...

Jeff, Michelle, Jaclyn, and I drove the 10 hour drive back to Kampala just yesterday. Jeff has been feeling ill with symptoms of extreme fatigue, dizziness, fevers, and body aches for about the last two weeks. Last summer, he had both one hip replaced and a heart valve replaced...yes, both in the same summer - and, he was also diagnosed with diabetes in the midst of all that. And, then they came back to Uganda just a few months later!

This morning he was checked out by a doctor who said that there are some irregularities in his heartbeat, but that he would be okay to fly home. In fact, the doctor along with many others (fellow missionaries) here in Uganda, and abroad(including his doctor in Portland), have strongly encouraged them to go back to Oregon so he can get the medical attention he really needs to get this figured out. So, they have booked their flights to Portland for tomorrow night! They were already planning on going home for their son's wedding by mid-December for one month. It goes without saying (but, I'll say it anyway) that we'd love your prayers for Jeff and Michelle as they journey home tomorrow night, and for the days after that as they seek answers to what has been ailing Jeff's body.

So, here we are...and, Jaclyn and I are gearing up for some weeks up in Adjumani just she and I. Of course, it really isn't us by ourselves...we have a whole community of people surrounding us there. We are ready, but a bit anxious (not much, really) to drive the 10 hour drive back up north by ourselves. Please pray for us if you think of it.

God is so good. I can see his deep love and care for Jeff, Michelle, and our community through all of this...As JK (Jaclyn) said at the end of her blog..."the journey continues...".