CHOGM- the gathering of over 5000 commonwealth heads of State from all over the world, including the Queen, shaking hands in appointed country. This year it was Uganda.
To the locals, CHOGM- Cheap Holiday On Government Money.
To us, CHOGM- stuck in the empty house for three days. ☺
We discovered that our Aussie neighbors here have wireless internet and if we sit in the garden close enough to the wall we can connect, when it’s working☺ (of course they said we could use it) This and our movie collection really carried us through these three days of solitary confinement.
Lately we have been applying for jobs everyday and pray that one of them will work out. Both of us have experienced the pains of months of job hunting but somehow that desperate time is enhanced when in a third world country with no familiar faces around or real prospects.
Last nights dinner was a HUGE blessing! We were able to get into town for the first time and go grocery shopping. The isles of this westernized market were a “candy store” for us kids. We appropriated sliced ham, salt bread, Pringles, and a head of lettuce we both were praying would not make us sick again. That night we sat down to a feast of ham sandwiches and Sour Cream and Onion Pringles. We both ate one and a half; with bellies completely bloated we went to bed fully satisfied. Today we are anticipating the same for lunch, oh the simple pleasures of life.
Sadly this is our update, we hope it has not disappointed. Joel has been researching the different styles of writing. There are two different paths a writer can take. Either the content of his/her writing must be interesting enough to hold the readers interest or the writer must, with their use of words, attempt to make the content seem interesting enough for the reader to continue. We are hoping for the later because in the last week have discovered that although we are in a fascinating country our lives here in fact are not. :)
In all seriousness, please continue to pray for us as we expect big things from the Lord. We believe we are here for a reason and that the perfect thing will open up in God's timing.
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Man, I miss you two. I know what you are going through has to be discouraging sometimes, but what a glorious adventure you are on. I was actually reading about "the glory of God" last night in my 2,000 page doctrine book and the glory of God can be best described as a brightness, or radiance of God. You are both having faith in that brightness, so keep it up.
Oh...one of your blogs you used the phrase "prosperity Gospel." If I haven't mentioned it yet go to youtube and type in "John Piper and the prosperity Gospel." It's about a three minute video that really made me think about what make's God look glorious.
You know John Piper all about God's glory :) Love you both.
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