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A Night of Cultural Dances

7:25 AM

Jeneane attended a night of cultural dances at the Ndere Cultural Center in Kampala.

It was so amazing to see the skill it takes to perform the tribal dances and was very interesting to learn about the districts and history of Uganda as well as try some traditional Ugandan food.

It was a great night out with the ladies on our staff.

Here are some of my favorite dances of the evening

Driving in Uganda

4:38 AM

The second day we were here, Curtis test drove a car.

We rode with a few people during the week and test drove a few other cars.

Driving here seemed so crazy we debated buying a car at all.

Here is one of the first times we were in major traffic.

A week later we bought our car. We ended up buying the biggest car we could find.

A lot of times in traffic the biggest car has the “right of way” it’s really more like “I’m going and you have to wait.”

There are very few stop sign, traffic lights, or marked roads and Bodas (motorcycle taxis) are everywhere, it kinda seems like there are not really rules of the road in general.

We have done well so far and managed to get everywhere we needed to.

Ggaba road is one of the major roads near us

so we drive on it a lot for the main stores near our house.

Ethan already knows how to say Ggaba Road and Kilometers because of Google maps.

Trusting the Provider - Curtis, Jeneane and Ethan

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His Faithfulness in the First Month

3:06 PM

"Great is Thy faithfulness!" "Great is Thy faithfulness!"

Morning by morning new mercies I see;

All I have needed Thy hand hath provided-

"Great is Thy faithfulness," Lord unto me!

Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,

Blessings all mine with ten thousand beside.

It's taken us a while to fully be able to put into words what this past month has been like.

There have been ups and downs, high points and times we doubted but through it all, we have clung to the faithfulness of God and his strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow.

There were many times we were worn out and didn't think we could go on but we would turn the corner and see how God was breaking down the walls of our flesh.

As much as we hated going through it.

We now see God's mercy and grace and are truly thankful for him working in us.

Here is a glimpse of this month in photos:

Clockwise: Ethan's first 'tub' bath, Ethan being his goofy self, Our new puppy Georgia,
Ethan passed out after visiting with friends.

Top Row: Our first Ugandan meal, Ugandan money, An avocado the size of your hand,
Middle Row: Our favorite Rolex stand, Homemade Chic fil A because sometimes you just need something to remind you of home, Our first harvest of bananas from one of our trees.
Bottom Row: The seeds for our garden, A funny sign in a supermarket.

Ethan's Scarecrow Dance with a cameo from the rooster next door to the staff house.

Trusting the Provider - Curtis, Jeneane and Ethan

WE ARE IN UGANDA !!!!

11:12 AM

The view from our front porch.

We arrived in UG late last Wednesday night. Ethan was a trooper on the flights, he got a little fussy toward the end but we were all a little worn out so that was to be expected.

Our Amsterdam to Entebbe flight had a short layover in Kigali, Rwanda. The flight from there to Entebbe is only about 40 minutes, so it wasn't for long but we were pleasantly surprised when we were bumped to first class for that part of the flight.

Ethan's first flight

Beautiful sunset from the plane window

Everyone here has been so helpful and they have gone above and beyond to try to help us get adjusted. And, slowly but surely we are getting adjusted. It is not at all what either of us expected, but we are still trusting and believing that God has put us here to grow us and refine us and we are excited for what that may mean.

God’s Provision Is Amazing

1:08 PM

When we started on this journey of possibly moving to Uganda with a 2-year-old, and never having served in this capacity we knew it was out of our hands.We asked those around us to pray, but more specifically we asked questions about how do we even do this.

Not long into this journey Jeneane read a piece of scripture that we felt God wanted us to concentrate on. So we started to pray over it and get several people's input. It was Genesis 22, the story of Abraham and when he took Isaac to the alter. As far as Abraham knew Isaac was to be the offering. However God had a different plan, and after seeing Abraham’s obedience to what God asked him to do, He provided a ram.

We are still diligent to consider that this could mean God is leading us “to the alter” only to provide something else. This was what a few people thought about when we told the story. But, and we will see if this is true, we are starting to see that for us this story is more about the fact that if we are willing to do what he has called us to, He will provide our offering. It may not always look like what we think that offering will be but in the end it’s His offering and not ours, we just have to be obedient.

God has provided over and over the right people to answer the right questions each step of the way. We have had people who knew the exact answer to a question we were asking, and others who thought of something we had not thought of but we needed to consider.

The Call to Serve

5:18 PM

When we first met we spoke often of how we both felt called to go and serve somewhere in Africa. We often thought it would be Kenya. We even had a few opportunities come up where we asked questions and looked into if that was what God had for us. We also felt like there would be some connection to AIDS or HIV and children. Over the years those opportunities never worked out and we had began to wonder if it was God’s will or if it was just a desire of ours.

We have followed the story of Sixty Feet for several years now. When we saw their post for a social media coordinator. We felt God telling us that we should at least start getting more info. We reached out to see what all this would mean and we asked those around us to start praying. After lots of prayer, asking every question we could think of, and consulting with family and friends we felt that this is what God was calling us to. Shortly after that Sixty Feet made an official offer and we began the process of joining the team.