Every Family has a Story!

One of the blessing of this trip has been to meet other adoptive families. We have met several of these families who have been drawn to Uganda like we have. You would think that we would all have pretty similar stories BUT I have learned that every story, every case, every adoption is so very unique--I guess because the kids we are adopting are each so unique.

The first week we were in Uganda, we actually lived in the Babies Home where Gideon had been staying. And since then, for the past 4 weeks, we have been fortunate to share a house with 2 other couples. Before we came here we thought we would be doing a lot of things on our own BUT we were pleasantly surprised to find that we were surrounded by new friends going through the same things we have been.

So, pray for us, but also pray for the Caldwells and the Ribbens and many other families who are navigating the same process that we are! OH, you can read the Ribbens' story here.

As an update, we are still waiting for the judge to reschedule our (fourth) court date. He is also asking for some additional paperwork that we have already pulled together. Today, I rebooked my flight for 5/27! Yeah, I know, the 27th seems ridiculously far away BUT...well, I thought May 6th seemed far away when we left Shreveport on March 31! I'll keep you all posted.

This is a picture of our commune...I mean, house that we live in. Pretty nice, eh?

Prayer.

Today is one of those days that I really want to write something profound and meaningful here to really express my thoughts....instead, I will post a picture of monkeys.
Pray that our judge reschedules our court date soon and that the lawyer strike would have no further effect. Pray that the details of rescheduling my flight would work out. Pray for opportunites to take advantage of the time I have here. Pray for my endurance. Pray especially for Mary as she holds down the fort and for the kids while I'm away.

The day after...

Yesterday was so extremely busy....today was not! I didn't do much at all. The highlight of my day was walking 10 minutes down the road to a new grocery store to pick up a few things that I needed. Funny thing, the name of it is Cindrella Grocery--not CindErella, mind you...just Cindrella. I've been able to spend some good time reading my Bible and praying. Tonight, I took a stab at making a version of red beans and rice. I found some kind of pork sausage at the store. It was pretty good..no picture though. Speaking of pictures...I went back through some of my zoo pix because I knew I had taken a picture of one of the FREAKISHLY huge spiders--not part of an exhibit but just hanging in the trees. They were everywhere! Check it out.

No court today.

It's been a long day and I'm kind of tired. Just wanted to post that, for the third time, our court date has been delayed. We arrived at the court house and waited in the judge's outer office only to find out that, because of a lawyer strike, the judge would not see us. Hope to hear something by Wednesday regarding a new date. I'll keep you posted.

Birthday Party + Easter, part 2

Today, the daughter of one of our housemates had a birthday. She is one. So, we had a party. We also had an Easter egg hunt since we didn't do one on Easter.
As always, I have to show the food!! Here's a plate full of rolex. A rolex is a chapati (kind of like a think, tortilla) filled with egg and tomato and then rolled up. It's street food and it's good. We get them from a guy down the hill for 1000 shillings each (about .40).

Our friend and driver, David, had never hunted Easter eggs. They don't do that in Uganda. So, we told him he had to find all the blue eggs. Here he is finding one!

Also, MORE cupcakes! They were excellent!

So, G and I are headed to court tomorrow at 2:30 in the afternoon. Hope I'm able to post some excellent news tomorrow. Pray, pray, pray!