Hutcheson February Update

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Update from Drew and Amber Hutcheson Serving with International Justice Mission Kampala, Uganda

Dear Friends and Family, We've been in Uganda for nine months now! Can you believe it? Time has sure flown by and we are sad to think that our time here will be ending in a few short months! Our last nine months here have been filled with times of excitement as well as some times of difficulty, with times of rest and yet with some tiresome times. The Lord has been with us every step of the way, though, and we have learned to lean on Him like never before! Below we've posted some recent pictures to show you a little bit of what our life has been like lately. We hope it will give you a taste of what we're up to! Thank you for being a blessing to us, Drew, Amber, Isaiah, & Baby Girl Praise: - WE HAVE A COURT DATE! We were given a court date of March 21st to obtain legal guardianship of our daughter! We are so excited and praising the Lord that we finally have a date! This means that soon we will be able to share pictures and details with you! - Drew's dad, aunt, and cousin are coming to visit for two weeks from the end of February to the beginning of March. Anyone who has ever lived overseas knows how exciting it is to have visitors!! We are so looking forward to spending time with them, along with showing them around Kampala and introducing them to the newest member of our family! - In the department that Drew works in at International Justice Mission their goals for 2012 were exceeded in regards to how many people they helped in legal education clinics, will writing clinics, and victims of property grabbing!! Prayer: - Please pray that our court date would go smoothly and that we would soon have legal guardianship of our sweet daughter. Also, after the court date we need to apply for a visa for her to come to the U.S. on. Please pray that this would be granted without a problem. - As busy as IJM was in 2012, they have even more complex goals for 2013 that they need to achieve in order for IJM to meet their grand goal of ensuring the public justice system works less corruptly for the vulnerable by 2017. They have a a lot of work ahead of them and it keeps Drew very busy but they believe strongly that their goals can be met with God's help! - Please pray for us as we make plans to return to the U.S. in June. We will soon be announcing more details as to where we will be moving and what God has in store for us in this next chapter of our lives! Getting chicken on a stick is one of Drew's favorite things! You pull the car over on the side of the road and tons of people literally run over shoving chicken, bananas, water and other things into the car for you to buy! Have to use the bathroom? Here's what you'd use if you were out in the field with Drew! Except this is a really nice one...most are just holes in the dirt! Make sure to slow down for cows crossing the road! A church out in the field where Drew preached at last Sunday. What can't a boda boda (motorcycle taxi) carry? We've seen fans, chickens, 4 people, and even a cow all on different bodas while here! This one is carrying lots of jerry cans. Since we can't drink the tap water here, this is how we get our drinking water! Each day we fill up the blue bucket with tap water which drips clean water out through a filter into the jerry can which we then use to fill our water pitchers in the fridge! Fried grasshoppers, anyone? Our dilemma is, should we eat it butt first...or turn it around so the eyes are staring at us as we pop it in our mouths? Cereal is expensive here! Cornflakes are $8.40 for 750g and $10.80 for 1kg! And rarely any sales!

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Jenny Dog

At bed time tonight Jenny Dog *had* to have on a diaper just like Isaiah! =) Melts my heart... (And good thing he's daytime potty trained otherwise I have the feeling we'd have to give Jenny Dog a new diaper every time we changed Isaiah's!)