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We arrived back home safely and it was an incredible trip. The first week of the trip, we spent time in Kampala meeting with various ministries and experiencing life in urban Uganda. The second half of the trip, we traveled to northern Uganda, just south of Gulu to a city called Karuma, and spent the rest of our time there at Restoration Gateway (RG). We were so blessed and encouraged by our time at RG and we really got a good picture of all that God is doing through that incredible ministry. Here is a list of the ongoing ministries that are taking place there.

As a team, we also got to spend a day at Murchison Falls National Park and experience a boat ride down the Nile, a hike to the top of one of the world’s most powerful waterfalls (Murchison Falls), and a safari drive where we saw a full range of wildlife, including giraffes, elephants, and lions,.. to name a few.

Overall we were very encouraged by our time in Uganda, and all the ministries we met with are doing amazing work throughout Uganda. It was very confirming for us as a family and we are still planning on moving there in 2012. Over the next few months, we will continue to pray and process with our church, discuss next steps from our findings during our trip, and confirm the ministry we will be serving with. We will keep you posted and until then, enjoy some pictures from our trip below (3 different albums with 450 pics total)

It’s hard to believe but our baby girl recently celebrated her first birthday! On the morning of her birthday, in line with our family tradition, we had the downstairs filled with balloons, and we greeted Evey with a family happy birthday ballad. It was cute seeing her crawl through the balloons and Ethan was enjoying them as much as she was (if not more), as he really likes ballooons.

We had a little celebration for her as a family on the day of her birthday, June 8th. Bridget made Evey a Hello Kitty cake and we opened up some of her presents. Evey definitely enjoyed her first chocolate cake experience. At the end of the birthday week, we had some family and friends over and had a little party for her. (Pictures below)

Evelyn is growing up quick! She can now stand up briefly on her own and she is starting to take some steps. She has mastered pulling herself up and is very mobile. She is vocal and definitely lets you know when she wants something. She’s putting together some small words and phrases in her cute Evey voice, “Peek a boo”, “Thank You”, “Please”,.. Much to our surprise, she crawled up a set of stairs on the lower level of our house. She heard Mommy and Ethan upstairs and wanted to be part of the action

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?

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 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.

We all made it out for Halloween (Ethan’s third and Evelyn’s first, surpassed last year’s total of 2 houses!). Ethan had a dragon costume that he didn’t wear, so we ended up carrying it the whole evening and Evelyn was a bear, cute as ever. Be sure to check out the full album of pictures from the evening below.

We went out with Mike, Kari, and Eli Kuebler, good friends that live in our neighbor. Ethan was introduced to the “world of candy.” Though he was reluctant at first, once he took a bite of the first M & M, there was no turning back as went house to house,… “more candy”

We got some updated family pics taken last month by our photographer, Brandy Cunningham. As always, she does amazing work, we highly recommend her. Ethan just turned 2 and Evelyn is about 6 weeks old in these pictures. She has already gotten bigger since these pics. More Hurry Happenings and updates coming soon. Enjoy!