Welcome to our family blog!

In March, we shared that we would be taking a scouting trip to Uganda with a team from our church this summer. Earlier this week we embarked on this adventure. After 18 hours of flying, we arrived safely in Kampala on Tuesday and have had an incredible week so far.

Wednesday, we spent the day seeing some sites in Kampala and recovering from our jet leg. Thursday, we spent the day with Africa Renewal Ministries (ARM) visiting their various ministries in and around Kampala. We were so encouraged by our time with all the people and leaders we met with, and it was exciting to hear about all God is doing through their ministry. A highlight of the day was traveling across Lake Victoria on a motor boat together to get to one of their project sites and the final leg of the trip included a boda-boda ride, which quite the adventure to say the least,   Friday, we met with a regional leader from African Inland Mission (AIM) and learned about all the great work they are doing in Uganda and the surrounding region. We ended the day getting to pray and worship at Gaba Community Church which was a special treat to end our week here in Kampala. Our hosts, guides and accommodations have been amazing and we want to thank everyone at Bridge Africa International for your incredible servant hearts and for taking such good care of us.

We head up to northern Uganda tomorrow morning (Saturday) and we will be spending the remainder of our time here with a ministry about an hour south of Gulu. Pray for our travels and time there next week and updates to come as internet access permits.

Burying people in animals is one of Ethan’s favorite activities. He buried Mommy last night  and he decided he wanted to be buried today, Can you find Ethan?

(December 2009) Ethan dancing and running back and forth between a front loading washer and dryer during a visit at Bridget’s brother’s house this past Christmas.

Hear Bridget and I singing “Amen” with Ethan before bed time last night.

We recently had a family photo shoot and now have some updated pictures to share. Thank you Amanda Elpers for your great work and amazing images! Be sure to check out her site if you are looking for a photographer.

We have some exciting news of an international nature. As we prayerfully prepared for our marriage covenant over 4 years ago, one theme we confidently embraced and appreciated from the Lord was His calling to one day serve internationally together. This year, we have begun taking steps to embrace this calling and are planning to move to Uganda in 2012.

It’s still early in the process, but we are desiring to go as part of a multi-gifted team and our next steps are to go on a scouting trip to Uganda this summer. We will be going with a team of 7 people through our church, Common Ground, and the team will be meeting with various ministries in Kampala and northern Uganda. During this 2 week trip the team will be gathering data, praying, discerning and being the eyes and ears on the ground as we seek God’s vision for this venture.

If you are interested in more information or are interested in exploring the option of joining Common Ground and the Hurrys in 2012, you can email: uganda@cground.org.

We hope you all had a great Christmas and holiday season and that your new year is off to a great start. We wanted to share a Christmas card collage we put together that is currently hanging on our pantry door. Click on the image to zoom in and see it at a higher resolution.