Pictures from Uganda

When George and I went on our pre-marital counseling road trip last month, after we left Charles and Emily's house in Kakamega, we went to Uganda to meet up with Abraham. Abraham is a pastor we met in Sudan while he was working on building the medical clinic. Poor Abraham roomed with three twenty-something Kenyan guys, including George, who stayed up late laughing and talking. They became good friends as a result. Because, George and I wanted a pastor who knew us both to perform the ceremony, Abraham was the perfect choice.

After we called and emailed him, he accepted our request, but wanted us to meet to go over the details. George and I visited his home in Mbale, Uganda for one night. When he met us in town, we were overjoyed to see him since it has been so long. It was great to be back with them. Then, we traveled to his village where we met his wife and kids and saw his home and church.










That evening, we had lots of time to talk. Abraham wanted to make sure we were ready for this commitment and also wanted to make sure our families were on board. We shared with him our full story and he saw that we have sought God's will in our relationship from the beginning. Then it was his turn to give us advice and then go over ceremony details.

We wanted a short ceremony and knew Abraham could talk and talk when he gets preaching! There was a time in Sudan when he was supposed to lead communion after the sermon. The sermon went long and then Abraham went long. His time was supposed to take 5 minutes, but took 45... at least! What he shared was great and we don't want to stop the spirit from leading. Poor Mike and Amy were doing Sunday School that morning and had no idea what was going on and what to do with the 75 kids for the extra time! We had a good laugh about that and came to a consensus of what the ceremony would be like.

The next morning we went back to Kisumu. We had a wonderful time with Abraham and were so blessed he performed our ceremony.