Catching up!

We apologize for not keeping up with our blog in the last few months!  Here are some pictures of life for us over the last few months...

We enjoyed our Christmas in Uganda.  The Sunday School kids
put on a program for the church on Christmas Eve, and we enjoyed
delivering basins of food to widows and single mothers.

In December, we celebrated two birthdays...Abigail turned three
and became a "big girl" (at least that is what she told us!), and
Hannah, our little lady, turned seven.

In January, we enjoyed a visit from Kendra's parents.  Our kids
got to play with/wear out Grammy and Papa, we got a date night,
and we all went on safari at Murchison Falls National Park!

Later in January, the new school year began for us...John began 4th
grade, Hannah began 3rd grade, and Dan is finishing up Kindergarten.
Of course, Abigail joins in also and we say she is in "baby" class.  :)

In February, we made a trip up to the
NHU main site at Kasana to do some
electrical infrastructure work.  John, as a
true Jackson, enjoyed helping Nathan with
the work!

While at Kasana, we also enjoyed spending time with many of
our friends there.  Even though we live in the same country,
we often do not see each other for months since our sites are
five hours apart. 

One of the new things in Nathan's work this year is mentoring
and training a young boy from our community.  Willy was
abandoned by his parents just over a year ago, so our church
has been helping him in various ways.  This year, he will be
attending the camp school to learn to read and write, and he
will be getting practical skills training with the construction crew.

At the beginning of March, we headed up to NHU's Kobwin site
where Nathan and several other NHU construction men worked to
put up the columns, trusses, and purlins for a workshop and vocational
school.  The building is very tall and the sun was very hot, which made
for some long days of work.  But we were thankful that God kept
everyone safe!

Once again, one of the parts that we enjoyed about going to the
Kobwin site was being able to spend time with our friends there.
We shared meals with several families, and our kids enjoyed
climbing over all of the huge rocks with their friends.

Well, that is a quick tour of our life over the last three months.  The camp has hosted many different camps, retreats, and teams, and our church has continued to grow as well.  So God's work continues even when we do not share about it!  We will try to not take so long before posting again, but thank you to everyone who prays for us even when we do not communicate well!