Zirobwe Church

Remember that night in Zirobwe of prayer, testimonies, sermons and dancing I had told you about?  The one that was to last all night and was cut short due to the worst storm I have ever been caught in??   Remember that?

Well that night as we all huddled in a random hut near the open area we were worshiping at the church the locals met in was being blown away.  Literally. This was the church the people there met in.

At the time we were all pretty bummed that our program had been cut short.  We had worked hard putting this program together.  We were excited to show the village their first movie too!  We had brought a Jesus movie dubbed over in Lugandan.  It was a pretty big deal!   We couldn't wait to see their reactions and the lives it may have changed.  But God had much bigger plans for Zirobwe that night then we had (or could see at the time).

Because of this storm, and the condition it left the current church in, the founder of EAC decided it was time to start building the new church!  The extra money we had raised gave them just enough funds to start digging and pour the concrete.  Even buy some bricks for the walls!  We felt so blessed to be there for the beginning part of this new chapter at EAC.  Brett was even able to help break ground with them on one of our last days there.

It was so encouraging to see the men in the village step up and help in the building process!

Since then they have put up the walls and built on the roof!  The people of Zirobwe now have a safe and solid place of worship!  Isn't it amazing how God can take such a bad storm and turn it into something beyond our wildest dreams?

And this is just the beginning of what is to come in Zirobwe!

Since We've Been Back

This is the second blog I have started.  The first blog didn't make it 2 months before I quickly neglected it and then totally forgot about it!  I almost did the same with this blog.  Life got pretty crazy in the past 5-ish months since we've been home.

5 months.

Wow that is a long time!  Some days I feel like we just arrived home yesterday!  I've been looking through all of our pictures from Uganda a lot lately and I secretly am wishing to go back! *Sigh*

Anyways...Things have been amazing here too though!  A lot of new changes and things to keep us busy!  I thought I would give you all a brief overview today and I promise to do better at updating from now on.

Big Changes...

     1- We Moved!  No more apartment for us!  We are quickly making home to our new little pad in the school district Brett grew up in.  We are loving it here.  Our neighbors are sweet, Brett gets to mow the grass (which he loves), we can both be in the kitchen at the same time without bumping into each other...the list goes on!

     2-I got a new job!  Brett and I decided it was a good idea for me to go part time at work since we're so busy in the evenings.  So I left the bank and now work part time at a cute, little school.

     3-Church groups started back up.  Brett and I love our church and are thrilled to be as involved there as we are.  We spend at least 4 evenings/mornings there a week if not more.  This is where me working part time is a wonderful thing!

     4.My little sister is now a Mrs.!!  Tony and Beth got married back in August.  It was such a wonderful celebration and I couldn't be more happy/excited for them!

Okay, so as I said earlier I will update more on these areas at a later time. I just wanted to get back on here and make my presence known. (because there are so many of you reading this haha!)