As the departure date draws nearer, everyone seems to be getting nervous all at the same time. Dad is having to assure all of us that everything will be "OK". We are fielding questions from the kids about the flight, where we'll stay, what we'll eat, how you get malaria, etc., etc. It does not help that, since we booked our flight, there has been a terrorist attack in Kampala; their friend's parents were in a commercial airplane crash (they both LIVED!); and, a local missionary to Uganda died suddenly from malaria.
There are definitely risks in traveling to Africa but, as Tracy Roth reminds me, there are risks in driving to the mall. Fear displaces courage and is not of the Lord. We are in the Lord's hands whether we are in Braselton, Georgia or Kampala, Uganda.
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