Thursday 31 August 2017

August.

August has been a very busy month for us!

First up, we are finally in our new home!
This is very exciting for us, and the house is beautiful. It is located right on the shore of the lake and so we have great views on our balcony.
We have also noticed that it gets quite cold here by the lake. The wet season has started and so there is lots of rain here at the moment. We also have lots of ants in our kitchen, but we can deal with those.

Ethan is settling in. He seems to miss all the other little kids around and he has been quite clingy to us.
He has done well in sleeping in his own bedroom in a big bed though, and slowly he is starting to explore the place.




I have been a bit sick from a lot of the stress of dealing with many things while moving house. I didn't look after myself and got run down and now I have inflamed tonsils.
A few days rest and some meds should have me good again I hope.

We really look forward to seeing a youth center running on the property here! It may take quite some time till then, but we will keep pushing forward.

Some other news which is no secret really, although Aggie and I have not gotten around to sharing it publicly, is that Aggie is fifteen weeks pregnant.
The first trimester was especially hard on Agnes, and she was on doctors orders to spend most of the three months in bed.
This is due to her having a medical condition that makes it very difficult to keep a pregnancy. We had complications with Ethan as well, and our doctor basically said it was a miracle Ethan made it, due to the severe complications Aggie had.
This time around Aggie has not had as many complications but this is mainly due to her resting in bed for three months.
She is now on the safer side of things and can do a lot more, and the baby growing inside her is looking healthy.
We thank God for keeping us and our child during this time ... it has been hard to have one parent down. Night time duties with Ethan, and early morning duties with him have mostly been given to me!!!

We will be having this baby in Australia, and the baby is due in February.
It looks like Aggie may have to come to Australia a bit earlier, because of her condition, so that she doesn't fly too late.
I may come back a bit later for Christmas, as there is still lots to do here.

We thank you for your prayers and support, and we look forward to a good time catching up with everyone over the summer.

Lastly, our dancing group of young men have had their school holidays. Over the school holidays they decided to build a mud house for an elderly widow. Her house was falling down, and so the group wanted to bless her with a new place to live in that wouldn't get wet from the rain.
The boys (and one very hard working girl) spent their free time laboring all day in the hot sun. This was all voluntarily done, and besides them getting a cold soda at the end of the week, they didn't do this for any payment or wages.
They had such a positive attitude through it all, and really worked hard. At the end of the week they were able to hand the house over to the elderly woman and pray for her and the house.

Throughout the whole week a group of elderly men in the community sat under the shade of a tree and watched the youth work.
These men are the neighbors to the elderly woman, and even some of her relatives. They did not lift a finger to help, and basically got drunk off strong booze the whole time.
I was so impressed with our youth! It should be the men setting an example for the young, but here were the young people showing what an example they were to the community.
There are young Ugandans here who want to make a change for their communities, and want to witness the love of God to others ... without getting any earthly gain in return.



These are the things I always love seeing when working here. I love being able to support a group of passionate young men and women to help their community!
Again we want to thank everyone who has supported us this last month, through your prayers and finances!

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