T minus 4 months

It seems like the year has just zipped past me as I try to accomplish many things before I leave for Uganda. So here's the update. What have I been doing this school year so far. Well, of course, everyone knows that my full-time job is teaching. In addition to that, I had to continue work on  "clear" credential. What does that mean? My teaching credential is currently called "preliminary". It is good for 5 years from the date that I completed that work. After that, it expires. That means that when I returned at some point after a few years in Uganda, I would no longer have a valid teaching credential. That limits the pool of potential jobs. As a result, four more classes at Azusa Pacific University. The bummer is that those classes unlike my previous classes weren't offered during the week. They were only online (that's good) and 3 Saturdays (blah!!!!). There goes my weekends. Okay, so I'm teaching and going to school. I quit my coaching job at Oaks Christian High School knowing that I would need more time to focus on fundraising, etc. Did that stop me from coaching? No, I'm a sucker and Hillcrest convinced me to coach the Middle School Boys Basketball team. It was a good season, but took up a LOT of my time. On the recreational side, I was able to receive a season pass to Heavenly Ski Resort in South Lake Tahoe for my birthday. That means a lot of days on the mountain. I think I've already tallied 15 days already. However, that's a long drive from Southern California. Another time sucking activity.

All in all, the point of this blog is that I'm just now starting to raise the support I need to move to Uganda. First letters went out this weekend. So please pray that God will provide the means to be able to live in Uganda. Other things that I need to work on before I leave are cleaning up all the junk in  my house, fixing it up and renting it; learning to play the guitar (I've had one for over 5 years and still...nothing), learning more of the Ugandan language, Luganda; and saying bye to many friends and family before I leave. All this and only 4 more months in the U.S.!