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In transition

The last few months have been quite the whirlwind as we prepared to uproot from our home in Uganda and make a new one in Australia.  I would love to have said it has been a easy process but that would be far from the truth.  It has been a challenge in many respects but we also knew it was the right decision so we pressed forward. We left Uganda on the 8th November and flew to Doha, Qatar and then onto Switzerland to be with Simon's family for two weeks.  Before we left Uganda Simon, Joshua and Zara had bad coughs.  Joshua being the worst at that stage and any medication we gave him didn't seem to be shifting it.  On our arrival in Switzerland the coughs got worse.  Thankfully a friend of Simon's in Switzerland is a doctor and so he was able to check out Simon and the kids.  He put it down to atypical pneumonia and put them all on an antibiotic.  To cut a long story short they are still coughing but not quite so bad anymore.  However, we hav...

On the move.....finally!

We have delayed in writing an email regarding our progress with our move to Australia as it has all been up in the air up until yesterday.  Just last Friday there was a chance that we would have had to wait another few months in Uganda due to visa issues.  However, God worked it out and we now plan to leave next week.  It is all going very fast now.  The packing company come in on Thursday to pick up our belongings that will be shipped to Australia. Simon and I have been busy pulling the house apart the last few months.  It is amazing what you collect over a 15 year period despite doing clear outs once in while.  However, thankfully we had the presence of mind to start early so that we didn't have to do it all at the one time.  It has been a gradual process. Our plan is to head to Switzerland next week for two weeks before heading down to Australia. We are looking forward to seeing family again as well as Simon's Dad's  fiancĂ©e  to be who...