Family-The Rowes

We live in the Rowe’s compound.  They are from California, and moved here about a year ago.  They work with a children’s center nearby, and plan on staying a couple of years, or as soon the adoption of their Ugandan son Jo Jo goes through. 

They’ve become my Ugandan family while we’ve been here.  When Angela saw that we were “scavenging Masaka” for dinner each night, she invited us to eat dinner with them.  Angela cooks things like pasta, chicken pot pie, and meatballs, which is a great feat here in Uganda.  Things that are simple to make in America take a lot longer here.  I’ve been so grateful to her for providing some comfort food for all of us.

I love going to dinner over there, because we can all eat as a family.  Little Jo Jo is so cute, and always wants to sit at the big table with everyone.  He just loves to eat.  Emily is always helping out with cooking and taking care of Jo Jo.  She’s so nice, I really like being around her.  Morgan is so funny!  He’s always doing the unexpected, whether it’s dancing around the kitchen when he’s on dish duty, or creeping through the window to scare people, or making random, funny comments.  We definitely miss having Andrew and Bekah around.  They left at the beginning of July, and family dinners are quieter without them around. 

It’s been a great blessing to have a wonderful family like the Rowe’s around.