How would you feel if you felt God was asking you to sell everything you had to follow him?  Would it be hard?  What would be the hardest thing to part with? 

After deciding to make this move to Uganda, we decided that we could feasibly only take one bag per person so everything else had to go.  At first I wasn't sure how I felt about all this.  I was actually kind of excited being that I'm a minimalist.  Kristi and I have had this thing going on for the 9 years we've been married where I'm constantly asking her what we can get rid of in our home.  She usually replies, "we don't need to get rid of anything!" but every once in awhile she plays my little game.  Last summer she let me get rid our living room furniture and go "Moroccan" by filling our living room with rugs and floor pillows.  This was a different ball game.  I realized I actually like stuff!  I like stuff that makes it look like I don't have stuff.  I like having this cool little Netbook that I'm using right now because I can tuck it away and it feels like I don't have stuff....

So we're doing a moving sale right now.  We have taken everything we have (minus a suitcase worth of stuff) and priced it and filled our living room.  We put up signs around town and have had probably hundreds of people constantly coming through our doors taking our stuff.  Now that more than half of it is gone, it is feeling pretty good.  It is actually a really freeing experience.  It's funny, some times I get pious and feel good about myself for "sacrificing so much" for God and shortly after I'm humbled because I realize I am not giving to him, he's giving to me.  It is he who is doing the good work in me by giving me freedom.   

All that being said... I still have my mountain bike because no one has bought it so everything is okay :)                       - kenneth

You're looking at a picture of our soon-to-be house!  It will be a different experience living in a house with no living room, bathroom or kitchen.  As it stands right now, we have no running water or electricity.  However, we are hoping they will put a tap in on our property, meaning we'll have water in our backyard instead of having to haul it from town in jerrycans!  We also have a "latrine" somewhere at the back of the property but nowhere to shower or bathe. 

All of this is doable for me, but when Kenneth told me we might be cooking over a fire outside I hesitated.  A fire?  Like camping?  I mean, I love to camp, but every day, three times a day....that does NOT sound appealing.  In fact, it just may be a dealbreaker.

I know, I know....ambushes, killings, tribal warfare, constant dirt, no electricity, no running water, no SHOWERS and the cooking is the dealbreaker?  What can I say...I'm weird.  Thankfully my husband understands that about me and was very willing to compromise.  A propane stovetop!!  Very doable :)

Now about the no shower thing...