Finally here!

We are enjoying our first night in our new home in Mbale, Uganda. I'll keep this post short because the power is out and I should try to preserve our laptop's battery!

We left the US on Wednesday after more bittersweet goodbyes, including a gathering of homeschool friends and a church going away party.

Our church family at Pilgrim OPC in Raleigh (I felt kind of goofy being the only person to get a seat!)

Some of our homeschool friends

Who says homeschool moms don't know how to have fun?

So, on Wednesday, we got on the plane at RDU and flew to London. Since we had a 14 hour layover in London, we decided to go explore the city. The jury is still out on whether or not this was a good idea, since we were all running on almost no sleep and were rather emotionally fragile :-), but nonetheless, we did it. We spent most of our time at the Tower of London. Here's a pic of our tired selves...

By the way, Silas was terrified of the Queen's Guard guys. There big fuzzy black hats were a little too much for him; especially when combined with a big gun!

We got on the plane again Thursday night and flew from London to Entebbe. We arrived around 7:00 a.m., and were warmly welcomed by the Tuiningas. We spent today getting to know our new friends here and beginning to unpack. There is a Ugandan family that lives on our property with us. They will be a huge help as we adjust to life here. In addition to the mom and dad, there is an 18 year old daughter, a 10 year old son, and a 6 year old son. A small prayer request - while our container has arrived in our town, it is currently stuck in the bond (aka container jail). We are hoping it will be released this week, so we can really settle in. Until then, we have plenty of furniture and household goods provided by the mission. A couple random pics from our day today...

View out of our bedroom window...doesn't do any justice to the sunset I was trying to capture.

Levi in the boys' new bedroom

Well, this has gotten way longer than what I intended! While we miss you all stateside,  we are really happy to be here and are excited to see what the Lord has for us.