Change changes

July 8th the judge for the High Court of Uganda granted the petition for finalizing the adoption of Miriam and Moses by Chad and Shanthi Gamble. They are officially ours!!

Now the US Embassy needs the paperwork to process the papers that allows the kids to become US citizens when they land on US soil. As soon as that is accomplished the Gambles will leave for their new life in the States: meeting with friends and family, debriefing on 6 years here with eMi, locating a place to live, job, school, church, etc.

My life will change too. No more grandkids of my own to spend time with, play with and listen to. Also happening: the goat babies go to be with the other goats; a move, sometime in the next 4-6 weeks, to a slightly larger house about 3 blocks from this one; a trip to Kenya, to a village for 7 days; and perhaps "teaching" a class on taking the SAT at Heritage next year (1 hour/day, 2 days/wk).

I have offered to be surrogate "grannie" for kids whose families attend my church, and for eMi families as well. Got to keep up with the latest thing important to little ones or I won't know quite how to stay up with the 4 going to the States.

Life is full of changes. I think God must really, really like change and variety, for that is reflected in the natural world all around us, all the time. An African saying is "Change changes". At first I didn't understand what it meant. But after 4 years here, I think I finally have at least a small handle on it. Each new adventure in my life begins with some kind of change, big or small. All I have to do is go along for the ride.