One day till I'm off

Still hasn’t hit me that I’m leaving tomorrow. It’ll probably hit me that I’m going to Uganda when I am in Uganda (I’m a bit slow when it comes to things like this.) I am officially allowed in the country as well so thanks for all the support you guys have given me on my Visa, and well for everything. Still haven’t packed though but my word i have no idea how I’m going to fit everything in. I’ve just been reading the final entry in my diary... as you do? I wrote it the day before I turned 18. As it’s my diary it had a lot of stuff I won’t go into, but two things jumped out to me whilst reading it. 1) God is Awesome, and I’m really looking forward to getting closer to him these coming months and 2) I think I have done my 17 year old self proud.

But hey I’m procrastinating from packing again so I better go. My next entry will be when I am in Uganda! :O

Just briefly if you want to could you please pray for my parents, I think they are taking this harder than I am.

The address, as some of you have asked for it, is;

Kathryn Sweetlove

PO Box 5895

Kampala

Uganda

East Africa

(Feel free to send encouraging notes, with or without chocolate :)

See Ya there (not literally)

First post of first blog.

So here it goes, my first blog. Depending on how you found yourself onto this page you may know that in T-6 days I am off to Uganda for approximately 9 months. Next to me is a large pile of clothes, tablets and various travel items that I am in the process of packing which means writing this, for me, at the moment, is procrastination. For starters I just want to say that I'm no good at actually writing things like this as before I know it it'll turn into a timetable of events; At 1:30 we ate dinner then we chatted until 3 before getting in the van... anyway you get the picture. So if you are still interested in reading my ramblings I think you may want to know I will probably write it in  structure that I like to think I am good at; a narrative. Thank you so much to those have supported me financially, emotionally, spiritually etc and to the team I will be part of out there for excepting me. I hope to update this once a week but I am terrible at that kind of thing (just see my fanfic as an example) so I'm warning you now that this may not be the case. Also, I might as well start asking for prayer requests and chocolate now, so please pray for me, the team and my family whilst I'm out there, and you are Very welcome to send me the occasional chocolate bar... :)

At the moment I am in the weird period prier to travel where I almost don't believe I am going. It probably doesn't help that, at this point in time, I have no visa which basically means I'm not yet allowed in the country. It feels somewhat surreal, like a distant dream that hasn't yet started. True to the nerd I am, I have been hoping to finish a television series, that my sister got me into, by the time I leave. Unfortunately I have gotten to the point of emotional ties with the character, mainly a certain one in particular, yet have 6 or so seasons left. Yer I know, it's not going to happen. I don't mind though, one of the things I feel I almost have to sacrifice for my trip is this reliance on fictional creations. For some strange reason, when I think about it, I feel no hardship in missing major advents such as Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary, HIMYM season finale or Sherlock season 3. Rather I feel terrible when I think about missing my best friends Prom and Christmas with my family. For those who know me, these events are normally held in the same regard - Yes I know I am sad.

I guess the idea that I am going on my own adventure, growing in both my relationship with God and confidence in myself, is enough. 

BTW If you want to have a much better account of what I am doing out there here are some of my team mates blogs (a lot less rambling be assured.)
jonanduganda.blogspot.co.uk
gracegapyear.blogspot.co.uk
straininafrica.wordpress.com