Believe

There have been many times in my life where I have thought, this week is the hardest week of my life. 

Then comes along another week to top that one. 

And now, these past 2 weeks have greatly surpassed them all;

living in a new culture, being white with a black child,

EVERYONE staring at you constantly, 

with things changing at the ladies program,

having to teach financial lessons at Sanyu Babies Home to 44+ people,

moving here in Uganda,

family and friends packing and moving everything we own to a storage unit back in the U.S.,

dealing with the police back in the U.S, LONG story,

grappling with the fact that we might get Jethro, then we might not, then we might,

I do not know if we are all going to make to my sisters wedding,

worrying about where we are going to live when we get back to Durango,

trying to figure out how we are going finalize the adoption without having a home,

realizing that we should have moved out of the house in Durango, that has been a money pit,

BUT, my faith has grown so much.

I had a dream before I left the States.

I was standing in a room all by myself

I was starting to get scared

I looked up and there were many demons swirling around my head 

They were chanting, nothing in particular

So, I started to cast them away saying, 

"In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to leave"

I was saying this over and over again but the demons were not leaving

They would just not go away

I knew I needed to say it and TRULY believe my Lord and Savior can do anything, 

including casting out the demons

So I said it one last time, 

with power,

with true belief,

and the demons were gone.

Then God appeared, pointed at me and said,

"NOW, you believe,"

and I woke up.

I though it was a dream to prepare me to cast out demons here in Africa

(and it still may be)

but I am realizing that God was talking to me and preparing me for what is going on now.

Things keep going wrong

and keep going wrong 

and keep going wrong

but I have to TRULY believe in my Lord and Savior

believe He can do anything

believe He is able

believe He will never leave me

believe He is always with me

David and Enoch at the land

Shafik, Damba and I washing clothes

Shawn with a boy at the street program

Thank you for my family.
Thank you for sending us to Africa and 

Thank you Lord for this lesson.