Happy 4th of July! Sorry it has taken me so long to send out the first email! Between being reunited with the kids, online classes, and all the other fun things that go on, I’ve had little time to just sit down and write! But PTL that I got my laptop hooked up this trip, and will able to send you pictures with my emails!
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It’s hard to believe that after six months, the other side of the world has barely changed. A few more babies are walking better and all are talking better. Even Michael, who is just 18 months, greets me every morning with, “Good morning Auntie Haley!” I was received back with open arms and questions of where I’ve been. A lot of the kids also asked where Noah was (my 8-year-old brother.) They heard all about him my last trip and even saw pictures. Since most of the boys are his age, they really wanted him to come! Noah has also been eager to meet his new friends on the other side of the world. But financially, it wasn’t going to work and he couldn’t spend 7 weeks away from his mama!
Since everyone above the age of 4 is in school, I have a baby parade follow me around everyday. Usually it’s a fight of who sits on my lap first and longest. Jehiah will sit on my lap and push all others away and say, “Wago! Wago!” I learned later from on of the Aunties that this means, “She’s mine!” Ruthie has now started saying it too. But since there’s only four of them, (Moriah 3, Ruthie 2, Jehiah 2, and Andrew 2), if I sit on the floor they can all have a lap to sit or a hand to hold. I love the mornings. I'm usually sitting in the office doing work, while just down the hall, the babies are sitting on their potty chairs. They all talk so well, and sing even better! Each morning I get a 2 year-olds randition of every praise and worship song, and even some in Lugandan. (Their native language.) I can't think of anything better. I'd take this beautiful music over the radio ANY day.
As many of you might know, I also work at a place called Cookies by Design. The owner, Ms Lou Anne Takach, had the greatest idea before I left; to make cookies for the kids! Every once in awhile they do get treats here, but never something like a giant sugar cookie coated in thick, sweet, colorful frosting! Friday night was movie night, so as the children sat watching, I passed out the cookies. I had to cut them in half though because they are way too sweet and delicious for children who aren’t used to a lot of sugar in their diets. They LOVED them! I must have received a million thank yous. They were even talking about it the next morning. I loved seeing their big blue and purple smiles as they enjoyed their treats.
Everyday God reveals more to me, but I’m impatient, and what he tells me is never enough. I want to know so quickly and so badly what it is that I’m supposed to be doing here. What purpose does he have for me in this little country? Please pray that God will give me patience to stop, listen, and take my time because God’s huge plans are not yet clear to me. I get so frustrated but I remember that He knows everything, and in time he will reveal His plans. For now, I can only serve Him and take the steps I need for a future in fully understanding and knowing Him. It’s ok to trust an unknown future to a known God.
'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.’ - Jeremiah 29:11
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It’s hard to believe that after six months, the other side of the world has barely changed. A few more babies are walking better and all are talking better. Even Michael, who is just 18 months, greets me every morning with, “Good morning Auntie Haley!” I was received back with open arms and questions of where I’ve been. A lot of the kids also asked where Noah was (my 8-year-old brother.) They heard all about him my last trip and even saw pictures. Since most of the boys are his age, they really wanted him to come! Noah has also been eager to meet his new friends on the other side of the world. But financially, it wasn’t going to work and he couldn’t spend 7 weeks away from his mama!
Since everyone above the age of 4 is in school, I have a baby parade follow me around everyday. Usually it’s a fight of who sits on my lap first and longest. Jehiah will sit on my lap and push all others away and say, “Wago! Wago!” I learned later from on of the Aunties that this means, “She’s mine!” Ruthie has now started saying it too. But since there’s only four of them, (Moriah 3, Ruthie 2, Jehiah 2, and Andrew 2), if I sit on the floor they can all have a lap to sit or a hand to hold. I love the mornings. I'm usually sitting in the office doing work, while just down the hall, the babies are sitting on their potty chairs. They all talk so well, and sing even better! Each morning I get a 2 year-olds randition of every praise and worship song, and even some in Lugandan. (Their native language.) I can't think of anything better. I'd take this beautiful music over the radio ANY day.
As many of you might know, I also work at a place called Cookies by Design. The owner, Ms Lou Anne Takach, had the greatest idea before I left; to make cookies for the kids! Every once in awhile they do get treats here, but never something like a giant sugar cookie coated in thick, sweet, colorful frosting! Friday night was movie night, so as the children sat watching, I passed out the cookies. I had to cut them in half though because they are way too sweet and delicious for children who aren’t used to a lot of sugar in their diets. They LOVED them! I must have received a million thank yous. They were even talking about it the next morning. I loved seeing their big blue and purple smiles as they enjoyed their treats.
'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.’ - Jeremiah 29:11
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