A YEAR IN REVIEW... & THANK YOU!
It blows my mind what we have accomplished in 14 months. All I can say is...GOD IS GOOD!!! 
I'd like to share with you all what we, together, have accomplished in a year and thank those who have been part of it. There are lots of details on the photos and thank yous at 
https://www.facebook.com/ThatTheWORLDWillKnow/?modal=admin_todo_tour,
so I hope you'll look through them and see what God has accomplished through the power of one multiplied. The photos correspond to bullet points.

The journey begins, June of 2018.
-First foot on Kamiigo soil and confirmation from God that this is where I am to serve.
-Started feeding program
-More children can attend school
-Built state of the art pit toilets with future shower potential
-Second trip with my son Matthew
-So many firsts on the second trip
-New dresses for girls sewn and donated by Destination Dresses
-two suitcases of donations taken over 
-Teachers, cooks and pastor begin receiving small salary
-Desire of Mama Sarah to learn to sew washable sanitary pads. We partner with Days for Girls to make this a reality and begin sewing.
-Purchase vehicle for Pastor Peter and his family
-Purchase land to build a multi-purpose building and construction begins
-Third trip: Our first team, Karen, Anna and Alyssa (who has special needs)
-Distrubute 200 Restoring Dignity kits in five villages
-8 suitcases of donations taken over
-Begin teaching sewing of the pads
-Purchase sewing machine and Mama Sarah begins learning to sew
-Young couple accepts the Lord in church after speaking
-Building shell complete (except for paint)
-Fence installation begins.
Wow!!! and those are just some of the highlights. So many changed lives and little things taking place daily. I cannot even name them all. What a joy this journey has been! I cannot wait to see what is next and continue to be a part of it. 
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who is on this journey with us, through financial giving, prayer, support and simply reading the posts and encouraging me through comments. It all means so much to me and Kamiigo!!! 
Please let me know if you'd like to join us in Uganda in November/December. We would love to have you. If you'd like to support the work we're doing, click on the link below and you can donate 
http://thattheworldwillknow.com/index.html…
Have a wonderful day!!!

I have been graying since I was 19 years old. I started dying my hair when I was 28 to hide the gray. It is one of the few luxuries I spend money on consistently. I've asked hair dressers so many times through the years if I can do this until I'm in my 70s, which is when I'm supposed to turn gray, right?
Lately it has become more and more difficult to find the time to get my roots done and so when I called my hairdresser...again...to see if she could squeeze me when I'm in town, she suggested going gray. 
Are you kidding? I've been covering up my gray for almost 30 years now. I can't even imagine that. I was very excited to turn 50. I didn't mind at all turning 55. I don't like the excess weight, but it doesn't drag me down. But going gray? That thought always brought up negative emotions for me.
But the more I thought I about it, I decided "why not?" I am aging, and gray hair is part of it. So today I went and had my hair done, and I left the roots gray. 
I'm pretty sure that going gray goes along with my theme this past year of finishing well, or... aging gracefully. 
When we were going through a very difficult season the past several years, I felt like I was becoming a person I didn't want to be. There were times when I had so much hate in my heart that I wondered if I was becoming like Saul, who would have the shepherd boy David come and play for him so the evil spirits would leave. 
I remember praying so often through that difficult season that I would not lose my faith. That I would finish well. That the pain would not overtake me and make me into something I'm not.
Like so many challenging seasons in our lives, they are just that... seasons. As hard as this last one was, my faith got me through. If we continue to hang on to Jesus for dear life, and that is what I had to do, he sees us through every difficult season and we become better and stronger for it. 
As I am moving into this new season in life, that of empty nest (plus Alyssa), and gray hair, it is my prayer that I will finish well. I want to say at the end of my life, as Paul did, "I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day..." 
Is there a crown of righteousness waiting for you?
Aging gracefully is hard. The more "life" we see, the more it pains us and can cause us to become bitter. But if we keep our eyes fixed (glued) on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, we will have the strength and the grace and the mercy for each new day. "We will rise up on wings like eagles. We will run and not grow weary. We will walk and not faint." We will finish well.
Thank you for reading this far. I pray you will be blessed beyond measure this week.