My first blog entry :-)

Awhile back, I was talking to a dear friend and I said... Some people do Junior Women's Clubs, Civitan, whatever... and I do Aggie's Arts.  It's what I do.  It's my thing.  My friend told me that should be my tagline at the end of my emails.  So, I decided to use it as the title of my blog.  :)

I have a wonderful family.  My absolutely precious and wonderful and supportive and handsome husband of almost 12 years, Jason.  And my beautiful, talented, funny, intelligent, generous children... Mattie, Carley, and Isaiah.  They are ages 9, 7, and 5 respectively.  I am living my dream of being a Stay-at-Home-Mom.  I thank God every day that I get to live this dream.  I am blessed beyond what I ever imagined!

There is, however, a huge part of my life that I never dreamed of... and that is Aggie's Arts.  I would *never* have believed you if you had told me ten years ago that I would go to Africa twice and spend all my free time working with an African mission project.  I mean, Africa is scary, right?!  I've always been all for supporting missions and all, but actually going to Africa... not even on my radar.  But, God had plans for me.  He had me get a business degree, marry the perfect man for me, and move to Huntsville, Alabama.  He planned every little detail that brought Jason and me to this place and to this ministry.  

Today, I have the amazing privilege of serving as Executive Director of this 'little' ministry called Aggie's Arts.  That's what I do.  :)  In our house, we always have beads hanging around, we have a clock set to Uganda time, most of our table-talk involves things going on with Aggie's Arts, and my kids regularly get lectures of how good they have it here in the US.  But mostly, all five of us just LOVE what God is doing with these ladies and with these beads.

Aggie Paech and Amanda Page

October 2011

My reason for writing this blog is that it seems every day I find myself wanting to write about or tell someone something about Uganda or our Aggie's Arts ladies or our Aggie's Arts happenings.  So, I decided a blog might be a good outlet for that.  I hope you enjoy!

My Amazing Husband and me

Just before I left for Uganda in February