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As of today, we have been in Uganda for 3 weeks; I can’t believe it! It feels like just yesterday we were dreading the 18 hours of flying with a toddler and now here we are in beautiful Nyakera, Theo napping peacefully in his tent.  Every aspect of our life and our family roles has changed, but with Andrew’s undying optimism and my stubbornness we have really started to make this our home.  I said once (I think in my vows) that my home is wherever Andrew is and let me tell you my friends, that is the God honest truth.  Andrew works hard every day: reading to Theo, playing with the twins, building new friendships and constantly thinking about what I need to be comfortable here.  Home is now here.

Last weekend, was a lot of fun.  Andrew, Derek and the couple from Utah headed into Mbarara for a nice little getaway and to do some shopping.  They enjoyed a couple meals out and picked up a bunch of comfort foods from the Golf Supermarket…Oreo’s, Pringles, pop…mmm!  I stayed back with Theo and 3 others to just relax at camp.  We stayed up really late for once and played games and watched a movie.  Now that we’re all adjusting to life here, it seems we’re finding more time to hang out and get to know each other, which is really nice.  This upcoming weekend is our long one and we are heading to Queen Elizabeth Park to go on safari.  We will also spend a day at Canada House, so I should have a better internet connection to upload photos.

Work is going really well this week.  We are still surveying towards the reservoir tanks, but we are now working on some new designs as well.  Lifewater (the organization providing funding for the Kishororo project we are building right now) has said that if we have excess funds, they would like for us to add additional taps unto the system.  So exciting…we got to prepare a bunch of different design options and price them out…well so exciting to me, lol!  We have also started working with AutoCAD, which is great for me to sharpen up my skills.

I wanted to say a special thank you to all those that have supported us financially over the last couple months. With your donations we have raised enough to cover both Andrew and Theo’s trip costs, plus a small surplus to assist us in settling back into life in Canada.  Quitting our jobs, moving our life into storage and spending what little we had in savings to prepare for this trip, we are very thankful that your donations have kept us from going into debt.  It also affirms the calling we felt to come to Uganda and serve with all our hearts.  So again, THANK YOU…every single cent has made a difference in our lives and hopefully in the lives of those we come in contact with here.

Love M