5 months old, less than 7 pounds
Today our team split into two teams. One that stayed in Mityana to minister in Najjanankumbi, and the other went with me into Kampala to go schools to spend time sharing about what God has done in our...
View ArticleThis is life
Today, we visited three more schools and ministered to nearly 600 teenagers, encouraging them and challenging them to be the generation that makes a change in Uganda that lasts. I stood there in front...
View ArticleThis isn’t working
One of our teams has been in a rural village this week working in the school, partnering with the church to reach out to the border villages, and building a home for a group of 4 orphaned children. The...
View ArticleBetween the Cracks
Today, we went to a school a bit out from the city. When we got there, they were a bit restless. You can kind of tell within a few minutes which crowds will be really locked in to the message, and...
View ArticleA little surreal
As we’ve gone through this week in Kampala, everything I see, I’m seeing in a slightly different light. In years past, I’ve taken it all in, enjoyed the scenery, played with the kids, and tried to...
View ArticleLost in translation
There are a lot of things that get lost in translation here. A wave that we would consider to say “hello” actually means “come here.” If you only shake someone’s hand one time, you must not like them...
View ArticleNo Words
There are some days when I have a thousand things to say to really anyone who is willing to listen. I can usually carry on a conversation about almost anything, and I can definitely debate almost...
View ArticleWhat started it all…
I sat in an airplane on the way home from Birmingham, Alabama with one thing running through my mind…”How in the world am I going to tell Julie?” I hadn’t done anything wrong. My conscience was...
View ArticleAnd again…
Just about the time that Xan started getting used to us, and our bank account started to recover, we felt the Lord was calling us to adopt again. Julie wanted a little girl, so we began the process to...
View ArticleAnd then he called me papa….
After completing two adoptions, Julie and I were exhausted (and so was our bank account). God had been faithful to provide every dime we had needed for the adoptions. Sometimes it was through the...
View ArticleOur Miracle Baby
We had planned for so many years to adopt a little girl from China. They require you to be 30 years old and have a certain income and as soon as we reached those milestones, we began the process. In...
View ArticleDoes that mean Christmas changes too?
The other day I had myself a good old-fashioned pity party. We were setting up the stage for our annual Ignite Band Christmas Rockstravaganza (a Christmas worship service that I and our worship band...
View ArticleYou Can’t Save Every Child…But You Could Save Joel
James grew up in the northern part of Uganda, in a city named Gulu. Gulu was one of the cities hardest hit and most affected by the 20 year war led by Joseph Kony and the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army)....
View ArticleHow Do You Measure a Life?
As we are in our last week in the United States there is a lot going through my heart and mind. There are a thousand tiny details to still get ironed out. … Read More »
View Article100…and counting
We’ve now been on the ground in Uganda for exactly one month. I’ve learned a lot…I’m learning a lot. Here’s the first 50 of my top 100 things I’m learning. 1-Everything takes longer in Uganda....
View Article100 and counting (continued)
51. Taco does NOT mean taco. (So don’t say taco…trust me on this one) 52. Cheddar cheese does not exist, so when you find out that it does exist at one store, and there’s one brand and one package of...
View ArticleWe’re all someone’s daughter…we’re all someone’s son
Somewhere around the mid 80’s, John Farnham released a song called “You’re the Voice.” I’m sure the meaning of the song is nothing like how my brain has been applying it over the past 5 months, but...
View ArticleI Wish I Had More Faith
I wish I had more faith… Why is it that we, who have been given everything we need in Christ, bought from death, sealed by the Holy Spirit, living a life of joy and happiness and hope, experiencing...
View Article
