Seven weeks to the day after receiving my invitation to Rwanda, I’m all packed up and sitting on a plane to staging. In the past two months, I’ve accomplished my most daunting to do list to date: quit my job, sold my car, moved halfway across the country again, taught myself Rwandan History 101, overcame my childhood failures and finally learned to ride a bike, and somehow managed to fit the next two years of my life in under 80 pounds of luggage.
I thought packing would be the hardest part, but try as I might I kept coming up under the maximum baggage allowance. Over the last couple of weeks I turned my parents’ dining room table into Packing HQ. I was surprised and a little bit appalled to watch my packing decrease by about 1/3 of its original size after I took everything out of its packaging. My test bags came in 20 pounds under my maximum weight, and even after a last minute run to Target for two years’ worth of Sour Patch Kids, I only gained about 10 more pounds. So, it will be fun to find out what 10 pounds worth of things I forgot to pack!
I will do my very best to update regularly. So, sit back and enjoy watching as my English steadily deteriorates over the next two years!
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ReplyDeleteAge before beauty you two....miss you already Anna.
ReplyDeleteCold and snowy here. Miss our coffee chats, but am very much so looking forward to watching your English deteriorate. :)
ReplyDeleteAnything you forgot just ask and in two to six months it'll be there, maybe, hopefully, well maybe some of it will be there so long as I cover the box with giant stickers of Jesus! In all the years as your friend and roommate I always knew someday you would find Gos useful ; )
ReplyDeleteMiss you!!!!
I love how my super smart iPhone can auto correct everything my thumbs throw at it except "God"
ReplyDeleteI actually reread my above comment and found myself asking my phone, "what the eff is Gos?"
My iPhone must've been a homeschooler ; )