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Oct 24, 2017

Mbeiza is Home.

Mbezia died this morning. We found out just as we neared the hospital for Caleb’s surgery. Pretty much everything we feared might happen,...

Oct 22, 2017

Evie and Her Captain.

I sit here rubbing her back and ask what Bible story she’d like. She quietly says, “The one when Jesus walks on water.” I swallow and...

Oct 12, 2017

Release

Today, we beg God to part the waters, as He has faithfully done so many times before. We ask Him to make a way for His own to receive...

Sep 19, 2017

Mbezia & The Boat (an update from Dave)

~A post from Dave~ Life can be difficult. Sometimes the enemy comes like a flood. But then is the time to prove our faith and live our...

Sep 18, 2017

Mbezia.

How could a little one endure such suffering? And in the midst of it be speaking out in gratitude, and showing us love, and teaching my...

Sep 18, 2017

Hairy Lemon…our family’s magical place

One of the sweetest pieces of moving to Uganda has been this gift of recreating as a family. In March when we attended RESTORE, one of...

Sep 18, 2017

The Vision into Reality…

There is no place on this earth that reaches beyond His Love. We GO, because HE FIRST LOVED US. HE FIRST CAME TO US. Over a year ago. ...

Sep 18, 2017

…And the line up for this year’s Ayer Academy…

The Story God is writing is getting fuller, richer, more messy, and far more beautiful than I had ever imagined. Thank you, Father, for...

Sep 5, 2017

new beginnings

The rain drops fell hard onto the dry and cracked soil. My Dad and I tilled the soil, watched as we uncovered new, soft black, ready for...

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