Handfuls of Blessings

28 Years Old!   Praise the Lord for lasting salvation!   Praise the Lord for my godly husband!   I love you, Keith.

When visitors leave, we are often blessed with sunscreen, bug repellant, body wash, and other items that they are willing to leave behind in order to have lighter bags and space for souvenirs.  Today I was showing the children the packs of gum that one visitor blessed us with.  Savannah's eyes got big and then she exclaimed, "We are SO rich!" What a humbling statement!  Indeed, we ARE rich.  We each have beds with mattresses and blankets for comfortable sleep each night.  We each have several changes of clothes and choices of shoes.  We seldom eat the same meal more than twice a week.  We have sugar for our tea and enjoy hot chocolate on cool mornings.  We have bookshelves full of books and four different musical instruments in our house.  We have a loving leader for our family who loves us and never harms us.  We have about one hundred people who pray for us.  We have churches who support us and keep in touch.  But most...

Thursday we attended a birthday party at a baby home down the street from us and had a great time playing with the 32 children. While each child is adorable, this little boy stole my heart.  He and his twin sister are preemies.  They are now three weeks old and weigh 3 pounds, 13 ounces  and 3 pounds, 1 ounce respectively. His whole arm isn't even as long as my hand Their mother died in childbirth, they spent one week in the hospital, and they have now been two weeks in the baby home.  It is such a miracle that they are able to survive with no medical assistance! His wrist is only as wide as my ring. Then I thought I would share some miscellaneous shots from our week.  Praise the Lord - He provided the money to replace our radio batteries.  We were grateful for the AMT men to help carry these heavy batteries and help set them up. The AMT men have also helped with painting and general work around the church.  I believe they are lea...

Due to our trips to Kampala to pick up guests, Shiloh's birthday celebration was delayed a day and then, seemingly, thrown together.  Good thing my children don't expect miracles out of their mother!  However, we had a great time with extra guests to help celebrate. Our 12-year old Shiloh chose a snowflake theme, and since we have had a snowman in the past, we strictly stuck to snowflakes. Snowflake Rice Krispy Cake I had asked the Canadian ladies that were coming if they could help me by finding a flute for Shiloh's birthday.  They Did!  So....in order to help him learn to play, I am now teaching myself flute. (I gladly welcome any hints and tips from anyone.)  As we began going through the flute book, we discovered that it takes more air to play the flute than any other wind instrument, including the tuba!  Time to do some abdomen-tightening exercises! Practicing his first two notes - F and G For two weeks, we have 3 ladies from Canada s...

Sunday we had a baby dedication for our newest church addition - Cleopas Ssendege.  He was supposed to be born here in Masaka, but his mom Angellah had gone to Kampala for a meeting and went into labor. We had a great Sunday with 5 visitors, 1 baptized and 2 saved in the service.  Seldom do we see decisions made in church to follow Christ.  The Ugandans are not quick-believers.  Probably 90% of the decisions made happen when we visit them in their homes. Please pray for our radio station.  Several of the batteries have died and need to be replaced if we are to remain on the air without interruption. Just $400 is remaining of what we need to replace all 16.  Word of Life Radio  is  listened to.  Yesterday as we were inviting people to church, two people brightened up at the mention of Kitabaazi - the village where our church is located.  Immediately, they said, "Oh, Word of Life Radio!"  It reaches more homes than we can ev...