Weekend Visit

Jenny came up for the weekend! It was so nice to have her here. She stayed with some friends on Thursday night, and then she was with me at my place Friday night, and Saturday night. We got to spend a ton of time together. We went and bought some picture frames, went to IKEA, and Costco, then over to Taylor's place and played with Ella, Elliot and Greg were there also. We played Board games and Barbequed some steaks. Then on Sunday she wanted to come to church with me, that was rad, and then she had to take off back for Gold Beach on Sunday afternoon. She took Grinny down so that she can see Gold Beach again and spend some time there. I didn’t take any pictures. I’m slapping myself for that. She pointed out that I don’t have any pictures of her in my house.... oops. So next time I am with her, I need to be sure to get some pictures of her and I.
I had a great weekend with her. Looking forward to the next time I can see her. I need to plan a trip down there, I think in the spring when the weather gets nicer, Ill take my bike along, and ride up the Rogue River on a sunny day.

Mark and Susan came back from Uganda. They brought back a bag full of letters to us. I got one from Florence that was so nice. It was good to be able to hear about what they are thinking. He tells me that I am to be in charge of getting the playground built. I am looking forward to it.
I sent an email to Ssimbwa (my contractor in Uganda) asking him if he has any experience with building play structures, and if no, does he know anyone who does. We will need to use them as it will be impossible to get it done otherwise. This is a picture of Ssimbwa and his family at church on Sunday in Uganda.

The New Year

Well, its only the 8th and I am already making a new posting. I dont even know if anyone looks at this thing. I suppose Ill just keep writing in case someone wants to know. =)


Sent our Fact-finding team to Uganda today. there are 4 of them I believe; Ann Powell, Dave Hamilton, Susan and Mark Gosvener. So far, this is shaping up to be another incredible experience; we’ll be expanding the water project, upgrading and installing electrical at the orphan village, hopefully putting in a soccer field and playground equipment, and several other practical projects to improve the quality of life at the village. We may (or may not) send a small team north to Lira for a few projects there as well. We will also be doing our ministry programs with the children and mums. All in all I am totally excited and have turned in my application already, even though I am a Leader and am definatley going I still have to apply.

Lets see. Been really rainy the past couple of days. It has actually been so bad that between the rain and all the snow melting up in the Mountians somewhere, Johnson Creek has been flooding. I took the opportunity to go and check it out. I got to drive through it a few times. It was rad. The picture is of Johnson Creek and Bell in Portland heading West. It was pretty neat for me to see, but im sure terrible for some others.


Neal and Kristi Douglas had a little baby boy, he is absolutley the man. he is my little buddy. I went and visited them in the Hospital and took a few pictures for them. They are a little happy family. Neal is a full time student, and now a full time Daddy. Kristi Im sure is taking a little time off to take care of hudson, and then will go back to work, but be sure to keep them in your prayers.

Excited to see what God brings tomorrow. =)

December 08

Well, Christmas came and went. I spent the Holidays with the Neil family in West Linn for the most part. I visited the Douglas house a few days, and I was even able to make it up to Redmond to see The Wrights. I have had a wonderful time. I got Some Belt Buckles, a DVD Player, a tripod for my camera, and I even got some rad Cologne; Drakkar Noir.

We had some extreme weather. some of the worst I have seen in Oregon. I know that people werent getting around because the snow was so deep. My truck handled it very well, and I was able to take friends and family where they needed to go. I was blessed to be able to serve in that way.

Abundant Life's Chrismas services were cancelled. I was expecting to run cameras, but was let off the hook due to the weather. Also work was cancelled for the whole week of Christmas.

I am back at work, Come to find out that we have another 4 day weekend coming up. Looks like Skanska got it right this year. I have Jan 1 and 2 off this year which means I can stay up on New Years Eve and not worry about having to go into work.

I have got the dates for the next trip to Uganda. July 14th through August 5th. I am really excited to be able to go and serve the Lord in that way again. You need to check out our website. I have added a few other neat places that you can go also.

Ukids Website
Adam's Pictures
Panoramio

Hopefully I will have enough time to change up the pictures a little in Picasa. Panoramio lets you see where in the world I took some of the pictures in google maps.
Also Take a look at the Ukids website. I dont quite know if it is ready for this years trip, but it is a good place to go to keep up with our trip when we go.

Ukids Booth at Expo Center

If you would like to come to the Expo Center, there will be a Ukids Booth that is selling greeting cards and T-shirts that were made using artwork from the orphans in Seeta, Uganda. This is a great opportunity to support God's work in Uganda. You can get some really cool artwork out of it at the same time. Those children are very talented. Please come and check us out. It will be November 28-30, and December 5-7 at the expo center. I hope that I see you there.

Another Trip to Uganda

From June 26 through July 14, I was in Uganda with Abundant Life Church for the 2nd go around. I was once more privileged to go and bring God some glory by helping those orphans and widows. We installed some "Smokeless" stoves in the kitchen of the building that we constructed last year, installed as many gutters on the Orphan homes that we could, and drained them all to Cisterns that were built prior to our arrival; per our request. We also had a pump house built that would filter the water collected and pump it back into the orphanage to 2 water towers placed within the orphanage. We were able to accomplish this in the 4 weeks that we had Missionaries there.
I did not get to do a safari like I was able to last year, but some others were.

I have posted some pictures on Google's Panoramio website. You can click on the link and go to my page on Panoramio. I just discovered it a little while ago. I recommend that you check it out. Its pretty cool.

www.panoramio.com/user/2349586

If you click on some of the pictures you will see on Google Maps where in the world I was when I took the picture.

Thanks for looking!

The next trip is looking like July 16, 2009 through August 6, 2009. This date is not set in stone, but it is a target date. There will be 1 team this time instead of the 2 that went last year. This makes it a little more difficult to coordinate but I think it is better. I enjoy being with a larger group. I was unable to connect with most everyone from Team 2 last year due to the short overlap time. Hopefully in the future I will be able to spend more time in Uganda.

First night out

For anyone who never saw my truck, I got this bad boy just before I finished school. I love it. Neal was kind enough to take a picture for me.

Snowy week

Since I didnt have to stay at work all day, I went over the the Neil residence, grabbed Erin, Greg, and Tim, and we went and had a little fun in the streets of West Linn. The snow that was packed down by the regular traffic was pretty smooth, but the fresh stuff would throw up a nice powder. We gave Greg my hard hat for safety.

this was on 1/16/07.