I have been grumpy, annoyed and irritable the past few weeks so I haven't been inspired to share my wretchedness with you all. For some reason Dan and I are in another culture funk. I thought we had finally overcome it but here we are being tossed about again. Life has been hard the past month. It may have something to do with an African man who has a personal vendetta against us but I think it goes deeper than that. Aside from the daily irritations of our water and power going out I have been dealing with a neighbor who burns plastic right next to our fence causing us to gag. I asked her to stop and she refused to even speak to me. So I lost it and took our hose and sprayed her burn pile over the fence to stop the smoke. She didn't appreciate that so much. I realized I had kind of come to the end of my rope that day. Dan and I talked in the middle of the night about how bad we suck. Here we are to minister to the Ugandan people and yet our irritation with them is so great that I can hardly stand to speak a kind word to them.
On top of that we are desperately trying to get our NGO liscenced so we are have legal status here in Uganda and don't get deported. All of these stresses were also wearing on our family and affecting our parenting. So THANK GOD that God convicted Dan and I both at the same time to change. We have commited to holding eachother accountable as we pray for love for these people.
Please be in prayer for us as we enter our sixth month. Pray for our NGO papers to come through quickly, pray for our family to be unified, pray for love to abound in our hearts, pray for refreshment in the Lord and pray for our patience. I know this difficult time will pass and I don't want to be ashamed of how I handled it. Thank you for standing with us as always in prayers and support.
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