MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 03-07-2011

As you can see, the 2011 model Huckabee has arrived. Our sixth child, Brennah LaDynne Huckabee was born at 2AM on March 6, 2011, right here in Mbarara, Uganda. Her and Anna are doing great. The birth went smoothly and without complications of any kind. Thank you all for praying about it. Anna has always had trouble getting labor going without chemical assistance. We had decided that if nothing happened by Friday we would go see the doctor. As it turned out of course, nothing happened, so we went in Saturday morning and began the process of inducing labor. We used the private hospital here in town (Mayanja Memorial), and I'm quite glad we did. I can't imagine going through the exhausting process of driving to Kampala, enduring the exhausting process of having a baby, and then having to drive all the way back. This was so much better. We live five minutes from the hospital. If I needed something, I could run back home to get it or to check on the kids (one of the other missionaries has a teenage daughter who volunteered to watch the crew while we were gone. She is such a blessing). When we needed a meal, I could send one of my employees to get some food from one of the local restaurants. Then, the very next day, since there were no complications, we could come home. Plus, it was super cheap by American standards. The whole experience couldn't have been more positive.

Having an infant in the house again is fun. The kids are beside themselves with excitement. They don't remember Gaelin when he was a baby, so they are enjoying getting to know their new little sister. Elizabeth is digging getting to have a little sister. She prayed for her, and God answered. Pray for our new little girl.

Pray for rain. We have been getting more rain lately, but not in the quantities that will be needed for growing crops around here. It will get unbearably hard for folks in Uganda if the drought continues. Pray for the preaching, the growth of the churches, and the English class we are teaching out at the refugee class. Pray for our continued study of Runyankore.

God bless you all!