As it is snowing back in Pennsylvania where we (Joe and Melissa) are from we are sitting here in Uganda with the windows open wide. I can't help but think how big our world is and at the same time how small...we could walk onto a plane here in flip flops and several hours later land in a place covered in white cold powder.
In 2009 around this time tukula was a small seed in our minds and now it is a living breathing thing . The past few month have been ones of learning how to transition. Sally left Esther's shop and has become the "head tailor" at our newest shop in jinja town. Our hopes together with Sally are that she will save money to someday return to her homeland of Arua to open her own tailoring shop. Esther's stomach has been growing bigger and bigger and pretty soon there will be a brand new baby to spoil. Prossy has become busy trying to grow her small cellphone business here and is finding it difficult to sew in her spare time. We miss her but know she is doing work that is important to her and benefiting her family. Bennah is busy in bukaya producing all our hand-loomed products and taking care of sweet baby Jacob. We are welcoming some new girls to our team because the orders have become too much for our current women to keep up with. We are excited to introduce you to them soon.
The other day I walked into a coffee shop and someone I didn't know was pulling money out of one of our kitenge clutches and I smiled to myself thinking of all the many tukula items making their way around the world and the people carrying them. I am blessed to be able to dream this big with tukula.
Thank you for supporting us and giving us the opportunity to grow.
love, melissa
Just a few days ago I was thinking about when I was staying with you guys last year Tukula was only just in its first stages and how incredibly God has grown it in little more than a year. Praise, praise, praise!
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