Hello friends and family!
It has been a slow month for us here in Uganda and we are enjoying our break before the craziness begins. We spent Christmas Day going to the Christmas service at church and fellowshipping with friends from church and their twin baby boys, along with two girls from Germany. We cooked Chinese food for lunch, played games, went on a walk through the community, and relaxed.
I made apple pie which was a treat and a taste of home! We spent New Year's Eve stuck in almost 4 hours of traffic in Kampala and drove into our driveway at exactly midnight to find beautiful fireworks viewable right from our front porch. We had our director, Davis, and his family over for lunch on New Year's Day which was a real treat. Overall, our holidays were a fun time despite the homesickness that comes with being away from family during the holidays.
Now it is finally January, when all the busyness really starts. But, we are so excited! Katelyn's cousin, Jamie, is coming for a 2 week visit on Tuesday and we could not be more excited to see her. We will also have our first set of volunteers coming on January 19 and staying through February. This will be the start of a big change for us. Please keep us in your prayers as we adjust to this new year and all of the new things it is bringing.
We had our very first women's bible study on January 5 with 16 ladies who came! We introduced them to our vision for this bible study and had a time of praise and worship and prayer. There are so many opportunities that come from merely starting a bible study. We cannot tell you how excited and expectant we are to get this project going and to see all that God is going to do through this one act. Right now, our bible studies are going to be held every Tuesday at 5pm (Uganda time). Our one prayer for this is that every woman that comes through the door would be able to feel and know the love of Jesus, taking it home with her to change her community and raise leaders of Christ.
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