Things are heating up!

We've started empyting out our house room by room as we get ready to leave for Africa. We've emptied out the garage, most of the cupboards downstairs, and we've started cleaning up the office as we get ready to leave for Africa on September 5. It's hard to believe that we're less than six weeks from our departure date, but we still have quite a bit more to do. However, this heat wave is a killer, unusually warm for Portland in late July. It's supposed to be 102 degrees tomorrow, so maybe we'll try and find some air conditioned place to cool down. I almost wish we were already in Eldoret, Kenya where it's a temperate 79 degrees today.

Getting Ready

It seems like there is so much to do until we get to Africa, but we are checking things off the list every day. Cheryl and I got our shots this week (Cheryl still has to get a few more needles stuck in her), and we have cleaned out our garage so we can start to store our things in the garage and the attic while we are gone (I think I'd prefer getting more shots than cleaning out the garage again - much less painful). Most importantly, we have opened a blog account so that you can keep up on our adventures as we get ready to go to Africa and especially while we are there. We'll keep you updated as we progress. I have to sign off now so we can get ready for my graduation/going away reception tomorrow.
Adios Amigos
(or in Swahili - Kwahere)
Matt and Cheryl