if God were in human form...

...he would be in Africa. Wow! It's been quite some time since my last post. Raising the $2500 was an experience that I will never forget. I spent quite a lot of time on that last minute project and God allowed me to hold His hand through the whole process. I got the last few dollars just 5 days before I boarded a plane. If you've been reading my blog from the beginning, you already know that it's just like Him to have me on the edge of my seat and trusting Him completely. He is incredibly faithful. Soooo faithful.

Nvuddeyo! That's Luganda for "I'm back!" I have so much to tell you guys but I am allowing my heart to process the trip and have been praying without ceasing so that God will give me the perfect words to share such an incredible experience. I can give you pictures all day long but to share the story BEHIND those pictures is something that I fear I can't do. So I'm turning to Him. He's the only One that can help. So I apologize for being a slacker on the blog home front. Internet service in Uganda is very unreliable and when I did get a chance to get online, I updated Facebook and posted as many pictures that I could. I figured that people would want to see pictures before reading a blog! So, if you are friends with me on Facebook, you have gotten to share each and every experience that I posted. If you aren't, please add me NOW :)

One week ago today, I was making the dreaded journey back to Entebbe to board the plane back to the States. I was confused. I was heartbroken. I was sick. I was searching my soul for any reason to jump out of the passenger seat and just stay there. Right there on the side of the road until George & Dan dropped Rachel and her parents off at the airport. But God was moving me to return home. I have no idea I WHY, but He does.

Until I process the best 3 weeks of my life and until I sort through the feelings that this huge heart of mine has for His children, I will just share with you a couple of projects that I have going on in the village:

This is the building used as a school during the week and a church on Sundays. The floor inside is dirt and traffic causes a lot of dust. The walls are also unfinished. This is an open project that I have and we need $300 to finish the floors and the walls. So far I've gotten $100. To donate to this project, please specify on your paypal form :)



This is the 2 classroom building that is used to teach some of the 120 students. If we get an additional building built, we can then get sponsors to invest in and send another 75-100 students to school. EVERY child deserves an education but we can't take in any more students until we get another building. The cost of this 2 classroom building is about $5000. To donate to this project, please specify so on your paypal form :)


I will save Maria's new home for another post because there is soooo much to share with you if you are just a blog reader and have not been following me on Facebook. Actually, you won't even know who Maria is. But soon, Maria will be a household name :) As for now, I am taking the kids to my Aunt Carol's for a much needed day of swimming and more swimming!! It's been one week since I boarded the plane in Uganda and it's one week until Alex starts school, so that coupled with tons of my friends either getting referrals for their new babies, visiting foreign soil to see their babies for the first time, passing court, or bringing their babies home sure has this heart all over the place these days. I'm praising God for each and every one of His mercies and I pray that this blog post finds you doing the same!