Is it Safe?

The islands continue to be a bitter-sweet experience for both of us. These pictures give only a small glimpse but the needs are real.  Pray for Katie as she goes out to the Zinga tomorrow. It is the farthest of the islands that Calvary Chapel ministers to and it takes 2.5 hours to get there by boat so pray for good weather! :-)

Once again we feel that pictures speak so much better than words and these pictures speak volumes.

Calvary Chapel has continued to be an abundant fountain of love & joy for our family.  Nigel aka "the mzungu baby" has continued to be the star and is the nursery favorite.  As quoted from Jane, his nursery teacher, "He just does whatever he wants...but he does not slap the babies or anything." Well...thats good to hear.  He continues to walk with greater confidence and is routinely caught strolling around our little apartment with prohibited items: glassware, cameras, headphones, live millepedes, toilet paper rolls, or the best yet--his diaper.

On the home front Katie is doing an excellent job keeping up with everything.  Even after Grant accidently threw away half our cloth diapers last week she is still in high spirits. (In his own defense they were in a black trash bag by the front door & smelt...well, like a bag of dirty diapers.)  Katie is becoming a real master at balancing sideways on the bodda bodda (public motorcycle taxis) with Nigel on her lap or while being squished between me and our driver. Everytime Nigel is in the backpack he literally stops traffic all over town, especially if there is a backpack-bodda bodda combo.  The Ugandans find it so funny to see him in a backpack and even funnier that Grant carries the backpack.

Grant was able to go to the farm for the second time today and he completed another good work day with 4 popped blisters to prove it!  The farm guys: Robin and James continue to encourage him along with Deus the assistant pastor.  Today's program was to make a land bridge through the marsh.  It is a month long project but they made amazing progress with the help of one of the only John Deere Gators on the continent of Africa, haha. The Africans all love it! Thank God for that donation!

Today Grant was asked if it was safe to have his 14 month old son and 17 week pregnant wife in Uganda.  His response was only a well rehearsed statement about faith that Katie & Nigel are in God's hands and He is able to protect them so there is nothing to fear but God.  There was nothing wrong with that response but the more we thought about the question the more we began to wonder, when in scripture exactly did Jesus call us to be safe?