31 Things I am
thankful for – Since I cannot post everyday here!
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| Uncle Cody is fun to wrestle with in the afternoons after school |
1. Cody is not sick/ Our health
2. The school year is almost over. Ugandan School year is
Jan-Dec in three terms that have month-long breaks in-between.
3. Cody gets some time off for holidays and can do honey-do
lists for me!
4. Friends to cook and eat thanksgiving with.
5. House help that makes living in Nyenga possible!
6. Rosh for DVD supplies and entertainment.
7. Power for running fans and electronics in the evenings
and weekends.
8. Friends and coworkers who make working here fun.
9. Friends and family who write/email/ and tell us what is
going on in their lives
10. Having supporters who make it possible for us to serve
here.
11. Getting to spend our days around such amazing kids and
learn to love them well.
12. Having an amazing
husband to do this adventure with and has the same calling.
13. Having motorcycle
for transportation and how much we like it now.
14. Watching and learning from Ugandans as they love, care
for, and serve the orphans of their own country.
15. Seeing God
working in Uganda to change hearts and seeing people fully devoted to following
and serving God.
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| He has escaped from their clutches :) |
16. Having beautiful weather and views that make living here
that much better!
17. Feeling safe in our home and with our neighbors.
18. Blogs to share
what is going on in our lives here.
19. Facebook to keep up with friends back home and family!
20. Family— both my side and Cody’s— that completely support
what we are doing and understand why.
21. Our favorite
places to go for internet, to relax, and get good food.
22. Thankful for our local shop keepers who provide our
daily breakfasts, snacks, and vegetables.
23. Neighbors who take down our clothes when they are dry
and it is going to rain and help me start a fire when I am struggling.
24. Care Packages
from America full of letters, crystal light, and food!
25. Agape childcare center for the moms and children to
play, learn, and bond together.
26. We were able to hire a physiotherapist to work with the
kids 2 days a week.
27. A church home that loves and supports us from America!
Thanks E3!
28. Boiled water for
warm showers!
29. Opportunity to
learn the local language and understand some of what is being said around me!
30. To live in a
another country and learn about another culture and experience life from a
different perspective.
31. Having jobs that we absolutely love and that fit our
strengths and skills perfectly!
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| Craft time with Auntie Katie and Nurse Kim |
Agape Childcare Center is open and sensory room is working
daily!
The kids are doing things we have never seen them do.
The mothers are bonding well with their kids even more
through their time together in the sensory room.
Physiotherapist is coming weekly for two days a week and
stays overnight.
He is treating our kids and also able to see the kids we have
on feeding program who have special needs.
This Wednesday, Nurse Kim and I are having a spend-the-night
party with the older missionary kid girls, (7th grade and up, so 6
girls) at her house. There will be chick flicks, cookies, ice cream, and
popcorn.
We are spending Thanksgiving at the Gwartney House with all
the Jinja Area Global Outreach Missionaries. That will be a big day of cooking,
games, and family fun.
I am making gravy. Cody is making a cheesecake. I am also
helping with my first turkey :/ We will see how that goes…
Cody just finished his first FULL 9 weeks of school here,
and they are having exams this week. He is excited about the progress they have
made. He has implemented new spelling, grammar, and vocabulary programs school-wide.
He also got a Kindle that the older students can “check out” to read books so
that everyone does not have to buy copies of the same book.
Cody DID (PAST TENSE!!!) have malaria, but he has recovered
very well and is doing fine. Thankfully the medication he was taking as a
preventative also works to fight off the Malaria, so he had a milder case than
many.
Since this post is full of praises/things we are thankful
for,
here are our prayer requests:
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| Two of my girls with special needs getting some help from a friend. |
We figure out good holiday traditions here to make it “feel
like the holidays”.
That we will not miss home TOO much during the holiday
season.
Continue to rely on God for strength, guidance, wisdom, and
future plans.
Put God first, each other second, and others third.
We are able to hire another worker to assist with the care
and daily schedules for the children who have special needs.
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