Moving to Uganda.....already

Well, we have left the sunny beaches of Maui…..wait, we were in Malawi, the impoverished African country. It’s easy to confuse the two. Yes we were supposed to be there for three years, but it is a very small country, and easily experienced fully in one week. Malawi is called the warm heart of Africa. A more appropriate slogan might be, “Once you come you’ll never leave.” Not really because you loved it so much, but logistically it is near impossible.

Those were all jokes, by the way. Some of them most of you might not understand, but they make us laugh because sometimes when you experience something in another culture, there is really no way to truly describe it. Honestly we really love Malawi, and the people there, we truly love. It is a country that desperately needs the worlds help, as it is extremely poor. So we would encourage people to support work in Malawi if they are ever able to.

For us, it was not the right fit. There are a thousand different reasons behind that, but the bottom line is, God has other plans for us. Now that we are here in UGANDA, we see how perfect his plan is.

We have accepted positions working with Show Mercy International. It is a fairly new organization that specializes in building and managing children homes (orphanages) around the world. The majority of their projects lie in Uganda, so we have moved here to Kampala, where we will manage one of their homes and help organize construction of a new development which will house more children in better facilities than they are currently able. Since Rachel studied in Kampala before it is a perfect fit because she knows the city and culture well already. The home is also in a small Muslim village and Joel has had a lot of experience in that culture so they fit both of our gifts and experience nicely.

So we are very excited for this new part of our lives. If you want to learn more about what we are doing, please go to www.showmercy.org. Also since we have now become “support based” if you would like to financially support us you can find out how under the “Donate” section of the website. We trust God to provide for us.

Anyway, this is long enough for now. We’ve attached a picture of the family we were staying with in Malawi. It was the only picture we took there.