Walking is hard to do

Hi everyone,
Tonights update will be short and sweet, as we are exhausted after long days of work. Sorry, no pictures.
The past two days have been very full, but exciting. here's what everyone's been up to:
Grant: Grant has spent the past two days primarily focusing on the new school, which CLD has plans for in the future. It has been really exciting for him as he is already so passionate about education. Most of monday he spent in meetings, just going over the plans, and hopes for the school. Then tuesday he had the exciting opportunity to drive 4 hours south to visit a school which is set up, much like what CLD will want to do. He got to meet with the director and the school's principle, and ask lots of questions. He loved it! and is really on fire about being a big part of this new ministry. The rest of the week will see him probably pouring more of himself in to work for the new school, as well as working at the farm all day thursday, and a possible medical trip on friday to the slums.
Katie: Katie has had her hands perpetually full of babies. She has creatively mastered away to carry both Mercy and Nigel safely across the compound with just her two arms though, which is really helpful. She has been spending her days here at the CLD property, caring for the 2 babies, and helping the staff cook and clean and organize whenever she can.  One important praise to report about Katie, is that she has been morning sickness free for nearly 3 days now!! yay!! With the added responsibilities placed on her now, this comes as an even bigger answer to prayer.
Nigel: Nigel has finally adjusted to the time change, and is sleeping through the night here. We work ceaselessly throughout the day (as do the Ugandans) to encourage him to walk. He is getting so close everyday it seems. It would really improve life for everyone if Nigel could get down and walk, but especially Nigel, who always wants to be put down, but lacks adequate crawling surfaces. Yesterday he did sustain his first Ugandan injury (unfortunately in an attempt to walk) as he fell on a concrete floor, and cracked his chin open. No stiches, and its already looking a lot better, but we got a good picture of it.  He is adjusting well to the food, the Ugandans can not believe he eats everything the we adults eat, as well as they remark about how much water he drinks throughout the day!!! What can we say??!!! Nigel continues to steal the show, we never leave to go anywhere without people coming just to see the mazungu (white) baby. They love to touch his hair, and laugh.
We are all in excellent health, and spirits, praise God! We are just busy busy and working hard. Pray for us that our strength would come from the joy of the Lord and that He would multiply our rest, as we learn to live with a newborn again, who still wakes to eat at night :)
Love you all,

First 48 hrs

God is good! Our traveling was incredible. Our 14.5hr flight to Dubai turned into 16hrs as we sat on the plane in Houston for at least an hour and a half. First it was a mechanical issue (which we did not have any a/c for) then right as we got to the runway they had to call us back because someone on the plane had to be questioned by TSA security before we could take off. 

During our flights Nigel was always the star especially with an elderly Iranian couple who sat behind us from Houston to Dubai. They did not speak any English except to tell us they were from Iran but I'm sure you all know that Nigel didn't mind. Once in Dubai Emirates gave us a free hotel room and our bags were able to check all the way to Entebbe! That was def a God thing. We did not think we would want a hotel but it proved a real blessing. Nigel did not really sleep much once on the ground and his jet lag is still causing some exciting days and nights.

Dubai was amazing! We arrived an hour late at 8pm so we only had a chance to go to the Dubai Mall, see the worlds largest aquarium (inside the mall) the tallest tower (next to the mall) for a few seconds. The worlds largest disappointment was when we we left our digital camera in the taxi! ish...so we only have one picture from our Dubai hotel room window that I took with our video camera. I felt like it was fitting: the tallest tower foreshadowed by construction cranes.

Well these first 2 days in Uganda have been slow as we settle down into our new routine. There is a beautiful infant here at Come Lets Dance (CLD) named Mercy that Katie has quickly taken responsibility for. Tragically Mercy's mother died during childbirth or shortly afterwards and was abandoned. No one is quite sure exactly how old she is but she is only 10lbs and they are quite certain she is older than 3 months. We are all adjusting relatively well here so far. Please be praying as we settle into new responsibilities at CLD and develop relationships with the locals. I was able buy a cell phone so you can txt me or call (calling can be expensive). 011-256-78-7520-977 The time difference is +8hrs from Central Time. We love you all and are continually thankful for your prayers.

Safe in Uganda

Hello everyone, I wanted to let everyone know that we have arrived safely at Come Lets Dance in Kampala, Uganda.  Our nearly 40 hours of traveling went surprisingly well with only a few minor speed bumps.  To our surprise and God's grace Nigel was a real champion. I feel like he is quickly gaining an international following with his contagious giggles and happy heart. haha. I will be posting more information tomorrow.  We thank you all for your prayers.

love
-G&Kt

What a semester!

So here we are just 5 days away from leaving for Uganda and boy are we behind on this blog. Sometimes I feel like blogs are inevitably doomed to go long periods without entries. It seems that the times when you have the most to say you have the least time to sit down and tell everyone. Well the shortest version that picks up from January:
In March we finally figured out all the details for our trip to Uganda. Katie and Nigel were able to go to Stewart & Summer's wedding in Florida for Spring break. Nigel had a blast at the beach eating sand. Grant stayed home to work and rewarded himself with an epic 12 hour LAN Party!! woot woot!! In April we announced that we are pregnant!! Yay!! 10 kids here we come!! Baby (unknown gender) is due December 1st. On April 15th Nigel turned 1!! wow! He is continuing to get bigger and sometimes we think he eats as much as we do. You can see in this picture he is enjoying his very first cake by digging a hole right down the middle. A few weeks after his first birthday he graduated into the forward-facing car seat which everyone has enjoyed and on April 19th Grant turned 23!...whew he is getting old. Not long after we began raising support for Uganda and God provided abundantly more than the $2000 we needed. Boom! *proverbial fist-bump to God* He is so awesome! Our dear friend and brother Ian Sebbanja came to visit us from Uganda for the first week of May. And this week Grant had 2 of the hardest finals of his OU career....on the same day! ish... Today we begin packing because we never like to leave things to the last minute ;-) but the power randomly went out for most of the morning so that was an uninvited surprise. We ask for continued prayer this summer as we pour ourselves out for Jesus in Uganda. We expect to have semi-regular access to internet throughout our stay so we are making it our top priority to keep everyone posted. Everyone is welcome to come see us off on Tuesday (May 18th) at 11:30am at Calvary Chapel in Norman.