Our first Ugandan birthday!

Elijah recently celebrated his 9th birthday. Everyone was awake by 5:30am wanting to give him his gifts before school. We game him an Ugandan soccer jersey, which he has been wanting since arriving here. Here he is wearing it on his birthday.

The other kids bought him a bow and arrows and some spears (wooden and  not very sharp). So he has enjoyed learning to shoot at banana trees when he is not busy reading, or building with Legos. 

  Back in the states we would always have a backyard cookout with friends and family over to celebrate birthdays. Since we don't have a very big backyard now, we decided to invite our team and another missionary family to meet at Kingfisher. It is a place about 20 minutes from GSF, and just outside of the town of Jinja. It has a restaurant, guesthouses and a pool. So we had a pool party! Here is Ezra swimming in the kids' pool. 

Kingfisher Resort actually has some lakefront property on Lake Victoria. Below is a photo of Zeke and Ezra with Lake Victoria in the background.

What a beautiful place! I think this may be the beginning of a new birthday tradition for our family! We are very thankful to God for our new friends here and all of our friends and family back in the states. God has richly blessed us! Maybe one day you could join us for a birthday celebration at Kingfisher