Come Apart

With the push to see the 6^th and final module of curriculum published before the end of this year, Ruth had decided that she would simply consider that she celebrated her birthday when she joined Laura some months ago (we were born in the same year) for a special trip to visit a missionary friend in Madagascar…there just wasn’t time to do anything special right now. But Laura looked at the calendar, saw that the birthday landed on a weekend with a meeting scheduled for the Friday and the following Monday and decided to work with the time that was available. Sure enough, she found a weekend special at a resort close to Kampala…and the rest is history!

It truly was a wonderful 48-hour retreat from the busyness of life with time to be renewed and refreshed—physically, emotionally, and spiritually. The grounds were so beautiful nestled right on the shoreline of Lake Victoria. Although the compound where we live is quieter than the vast majority of Kampala, this place surpassed that peacefulness and gave us wonderful sleep…in an air conditioned room! Few people were there and even fewer took advantage of the beautiful Olympic size swimming pool. Sunday found us enjoying a time of singing hymns together and listening to a sermon from Ruth’s home church plus some extended times of prayer.

Laura made plans with the manager to provide a delicious Black Forest Cake compliments of the resort! It was delivered at the end of our evening meal, complete with candles. She also brought roses and balloons to make the celebration complete! Two more smaller celebrations followed Monday and Tuesday with other friends. Praise God for another year of life given to Ruth…bringing her to that “golden” age of potential retirement—how did that happen?? ...God’s grace!