It has officially been one year since we moved to Tororo, Uganda. In light of that, I thought you all might like a little update on what we are currently up to!

Eating / Jia has been feeling the need to get some Chinese food in our lives. She made dumplings this last week, and they were so good!

Drinking / The staples. Coffee, tea, water.

Practicing / We are getting back into the swing of home schooling and I’ve been practicing working out the week’s plan more in advance instead of leaving it for the night before. This gives me a more consistent view of what we will be working on for the week and should try to get done.

Mastering / I wouldn’t call it mastering, but I’m getting better at hand lettering. It’s actually a pretty fun and therapeutic activity…and one best done when the kids are in bed!

Playing / We now have a volleyball, so of course we’ve been practicing our bump, set, spike!

Finishing / Now that April has finished up we move on to May and that means two birthdays in our family! May 11th for Hellen turning the big one and I’ll have my birthday on May 12th.

Reading/ I recently finished Penduka and would highly recommend it!

Remembering / To be joyful in the present and not try to jump ahead of myself to something I think would be better. Trying to rest in God’s goodness and what He has for me right now.

Wearing/ Back to skirts and tees all day, every day…and of course the floppy hat my mama sent over for my upcoming b-day!

Cooking / The girls have been loving oatmeal for breakfast, so today I’m trying out a baked oatmeal recipe. You can try it out here.

Working / Continuing to attend Women’s group at Smile Africa and hoping to connect the women artisans to a more steady income source. Dustin is continuing to oversee projects and there is currently a building going up on some land in Tororo where they will have agricultural training and animal husbandry projects someday.

Traveling / Lately we have been staying pretty close to home. In the month of May we will be doing more traveling to Kampala.

Wanting /  If all of our friends and family in Ohio wanted to come hang with us in Uganda, we wouldn’t object!