Hopeful.

Tomorrow is our ruling date. This is where the judge will tell us his decision. We are counting on a positive ruling but will not take that for granted. Please pray and I hope to bring good news tomorrow.

Hello. I am your brother.

It was a whirlwind the four days right before we left for Uganda. In the middle of all the chaos, the boys wrote these notes to their new brother. Jonah was the first...we attached his pic after he gave it to us. This was totally unsolicited.
How awesome is that? Next is Abram's. We had to give him a little help with his.

Super sweet. Finally, there's Seth.

He included an illustration:

And this is my favorite part....

" I AM SETH"....just thought you should know Gideon. Can't wait for all these guys to meet in person!

Good News.

Fourth time's a charm! Saw the judge today and have a ruling scheduled for Friday. It was an exhausting experience and I'm thankful that it's over. I'm celebrating by eating some oreos that I bought today. Good times.

Court tomorrow.

Praying that court tomorrow morning goes smoothly. Have to get going by 730am. Court time at 930am. Just another step on the journey.

Worship.

I'm still getting to know the area around the guest house I'm staying at now. Found out that there's a church I could walk to. I didn't know if I wanted to brave getting out with G in the heat and sitting through a couple of hours of a service. Glad I did. The church I had been to before was very large. Today I went to Muyenga Baptist Church. Much smaller but sweet congregation.

The church was literally on the side of a hill up a dirt path. This is the view from the road!

Also, you had to pass an old quarry to get to the church. This picture does not do justice to just how deep it was. The green dot that look like moss or something are acutally big lily pads on the pond at the bottom of the cliff.

On the homefront, we found a snail on the wall of our patio. It was huge. We think the little trail at the top (bottom?) of the snail is a trail of poop. Disgusting and fascinating.

Finally, one of the girls who had been staying at the guest house flew out today and left behind a partial pack of nutty bars. Now, Mary knows how much I like these. That's why we usually dont buy them! Needless to say it was a nice treat!