Road and Rain

This is what the little roads leading up to our compound look like these days. This past week we have returned from our six week trip home to the States. Time flew by as I knew it would. But, it was so nice to be able to be with our family, see friends and be with our church family for a few weeks. The kids had a wonderful time with their grandparents, cousins, enjoying the pool and bikes. A few milestones on the trip were Megan mastering bike riding without training wheels and starting to swim in the pool with no floaties!

The rains came with a vengeance while we were gone and didn't let up much. Our usual route up to Nakaale from down country has been a big muddy mess and when trying to come up last Saturday we did not make it. We ended up going a very out of the way route that brought us West, then North and over in our area of Karamoja that way. What a long drive! After about 8 hours we finally reached. The one positive was that the roads were dry, just bumpy. The pictures above show a little glimpse of what roads around here look like in places. Although we did enjoy a fairly sunny day today! Nice to get the laundry good and dry.

So as we settle back in and have started home schooling, we pray for our neighbors and the way they have to deal with all this wet and mud far more than we do. We also pray that we would have the right heart and the wisdom in ministering to our Karimojong friends. The enemy loves to attack and we constantly need to be reminded of the power of prayer. So, we are thankful for your prayers for us here.