Ok...so I am a little rusty...:)

Wow...where to start. It has been a long time since I updated! How could I have let this go for so long? How could I not tell you all what has been going on in my world. Well, sit back, this could take a while.... HEHEHE

The last several months have been full of some amazing events!!! God is so good.

My husband's Print Shop equipment came. What an answer to prayer this was!!! He prayed for 16 years to have a Print Shop in Africa and now it is finally here!

It was a rainy day, but that didn't stop the guys from unloading all that equipment! I was cringing as each piece came out of the container into this truck. Before it was over, the truck was full.

Things are in place and mostly ready to begin operation...but one glitch...the chemicals for some of the equipment cannot be found in this country. Kenneth has been able to use the cutter, folder, electric stapler and several other things, though. What a blessing Jesus has given him!

The kids are growing up so fast. Kaleb's voice is lowering, he is growing and is learning to play the base guitar. Austin's curly hair makes him look taller and is still my cuddle bear. He is learning the guitar. Emilee is always the social bug of the family. She absolutely loves it when our VIA girls, Jean and Christina come over to hang out. I am telling you, craziness runs wild in our house, but we love it and we love these young ladies!!!

Just look at those cute kids...whose kids are those, anyway...? OH WAIT...they are mine! hehehe The Lord has really blessed me with some great children. They have all asked Jesus to be their Savior. They love Uganda, love people and are always thrilled to have guests in our home. I love these kiddos of mine!!

I think that seems like a great place to end this update. I hope you have enjoyed the journey through what has been going on in the Hopson household. We love you all!

Hmmmm Where to Start.

I Have Been Blessed by Some Pretty Fabulous People!

Ok since my last post, a lot of people have come and gone through my life and have touched me in some really amazing ways. We have had visitors stay in our home. We have had volunteers who have allowed us to love on them and really get to know their hearts. We are so blessed.

We had some really neat Volunteers in Action people fill our lives and our hearts over the last several months. Let me tell you about them...

Lacey Mackey - totally and completely meshed with our family. Emilee absolutely loved her. She has gone home now and had joined the Peace Core...let me tell you the PC has gained a very valuable gal.

We welcomed Hannah Johnson next and was blessed by her loving ways. She loved baking and made some mean brownies on one occasion.

Emily Hawk joined us for the summer and was such a blessing to everyone she met. She is a teacher and has such a heart for missions. We hope to see her back some day.

Nick Strong, the only male volunteer, often feels overwhelmed by all the females around him. He is fun to be around, though, and has a great sense of God's call on his life. He is staying until next summer and we are enjoying having him here.

One of our greatest joys over the last few months was that our niece Heather Wallace came to Uganda. Heather spent 8 weeks with us and we throughly enjoyed her! We loved having her here with us. She was very actively involved in tuturoing several Korean children to improve their English. The parents and the children loved her! We miss her terribly, but are so happy that we got to spend some really special weeks with her. WE LOVE YOU HEATHER!!

Well, I think that about does it for this time. I tried to upload a picture of Hannah, Emily, Nick and Heather all together, but it didn't seem to work. Maybe next time.

I will try to update you on what the family is doing and how much the kids have grown. Once again, I am blessed beyond what I could ever dream of.

Delight

My Jesus is Simply Amazing!!

I realized I had not posted anything since December, so I thought I would try to fill you in on some things. Christmas was absolutely wonderful! The kids made cut out cookies and had such a blast with it all.

Wow, since December, I have turned 3?...UGH. My oldest son turned 13...I am getting old! I have a teenager in the house. "Jesus, Please help me to be the mom that you want me to be. Help me to be strong, yet loving and understanding of my son's teenage mind and heart."

He's a handsome thing isn't he?!

The print shop has finished yet another phase. The painting is finished and the screen door was put in so that there is a nice breeze that can come in to keep the room cooler. Kenneth has been using keeping it in full use a lot lately and has stolen my hot pads form the kitchen to keep his piles of lessons from blowing all over the shop. The breeze is nice, but too much at times. The Lord is providing the funds for some of the equipment, so we are looking at ordering a press in the near future. PRAISE JESUS!!!So as you can see God is at work in Uganda. He is working on me, my family and in our ministries. Thank you for your prayers. We love you all.

Blessings, Delight

I am still alive and am thinking!!!

Hi Everyone! I know it has been many months since I updated this blog. You probably aren't even looking it over anymore. I am back though and have some thoughts to share with you.

My number one thought tonight is...
God is still in the prayer anwering business!!!! did ya know that?

Second thought is....
We all love to celebrate Christmas and speak of Jesus who came as a baby, but one thing we can learn from the wise men is that they diligently followed that star and when they found Jesus, their desire was to WORSHIP Him!!! are you worshipping Him tonight?

Let's not get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the season...let's worship the King of Kings, the Prince of Peace...the One who was, and is and is to come.

Blessings,
Delight

BLESSINGS KEEP POURING IN!!! Part 6

Brian and Susan Sain come to Uganda!!!

(This is a Brian quote)
"No flaken, I'm cereal!"

translated...

"No joking, I'm serious."

Brian and Susan Sain, how can we describe them...

A MAJOR BLESSING!!!! They arrived on July 4th and got right in and gave of themselves and what a blessing they were! Brian played and watched some TV with our kids. Just like a cousin would do. I don't think a day went by that he didn't entertain them with some kind of great idea! He also helped Kenneth with some of the pastor training materials. Susan blessed us with her abilities to sew, teach, listen, encourage, and more.

One of the neat things that the Sains did while they were here was continue a project that Jenny Jordan had started at the Maternity Clinic. Below... is a picture of Florence Matwire, the midwife who runs and own the clinic, and Brian and Susan. The Sains, Jenny and dear congregations of Cumberland Presbyterians in Texas and Tennessee provided the funds to "spruce up" the delivery room, which we called "the Mommy Room", because the mommies stay in this room even after they deliver. Fresh paint was applied to the walls, new mattresses were purchased, sheets, baby blankets, and a comfortor was donated. A new dresser was purchased, along with many other things. Florence was beside herself with joy! She says she wants to have a dedication service for the new room. More pictures will be coming some day.

We were sad to see them go, but I have a feeling we will be seeing them again! I believe Uganda got in their blood....BIG TIME!!!

Ta ta for this time.

Delight

BLESSINGS KEEP POURING IN!!! Part 5 cont...

It's Picture Time!!!

Sunset in Murchison National Park

Murchison Falls

(notice how wild the right side is and how peaceful it is on the far end)

My favorite animal...the Giraffe. These were not full grown :)

The Lioness was so picturesque...

I got to see the Elephant for the first time!!! YEAH!!

and of course, we can forget the....

Baboon! (this creature thought is was the guide of the park or something...he was always right by the road as we went out for our game drive!)

I have so many more pictures of the different animals but these are some of the best. Kenneth's favorite is the Wart Hog. So, I leave you with the best game meat in africa...in our opinion of course! :)

Blessings, Delight