Life in the Village: How We Started Sulex Fish Farm (and Where We’re Headed)
This is our story of how we ended up building our life in the village where my husband grew up.
When we moved back to eastern Uganda in 2025, it wasn’t our first time here.
I first came to Uganda 16 years ago — and it’s where I met and married David.
This is home for him. He was born and raised in eastern Uganda, and so much of his story is rooted here.
And in many ways, it’s where our story began too.
For the past 10 years, we had talked about what it might look like to move back — not just to visit, but to build a life here.
So when we finally did, it didn’t feel like stepping into something completely unfamiliar.
For David, it was coming home. And for me, it felt like returning to a place that had already shaped so much of our story. Want to learn more about us?
From the beginning, we came with a plan.
We wanted to start a fish farm in the village where David grew up — a way of giving back to the community and the people who had poured into his life over the years.
What we didn’t fully realize at the time was just how much this journey would shape us in return.
Why we chose to start here
This isn’t just any place to us.
It’s home for David. It’s where his roots are, where his story began, and where so many of the people who helped raise him still live.
Starting Sulex Fish Farm here felt intentional.
It wasn’t just about business or farming — it was about investing in a place and a community that already meant so much to our family.
We wanted to build something that could grow over time, something that could contribute in a meaningful way.
Building the fish farm
There’s a big difference between planning something and actually doing it.
Even with a clear vision, the process itself was still very much a learning experience.
We started with the basics:
Preparing the land. Digging ponds. Learning how to properly stock and care for the fish
There were challenges, adjustments, and a lot of learning along the way.
Some things worked right away. Others didn’t.
But slowly, step by step, the farm began to take shape.
If you’d like to see what the farm actually looks like now, we shared a full tour here:
What life looks like now
Life in the village has a rhythm to it.
Our days are shaped by the needs of the farm — feeding fish, monitoring the ponds, managing water, and paying attention to the small details that make a big difference over time.
It’s hands-on work. Sometimes tiring, sometimes unpredictable.
But there’s something deeply rewarding about building something tangible and watching it grow.
And beyond the work itself, there’s the life around it — the people, the slower pace, the sense of connection that comes with living here.
As the fish farm has grown, we’ve also started expanding into poultry.
This felt like a natural next step — a way to diversify and continue building something sustainable for the future.
Just like with the fish farm, we’re taking it one step at a time.
Learning, adjusting, and growing as we go.
The challenges along the way
Farming has a way of keeping you humble. There are things you can plan for, and many things you can’t.
There are seasons that feel productive and exciting, and others that feel slower or more uncertain.
We’ve had to learn patience, flexibility, and how to keep going even when things don’t go exactly as expected.
But those challenges have also been part of what makes this journey meaningful.
Our hopes for the future
We’re still building. Still learning. Still growing into what this could become.
Our hope for Sulex Fish Farm is not just growth for ourselves, but impact beyond us.
We hope to:
- Continue expanding both fish and poultry
- Create opportunities within the local community
- Build something sustainable long-term
- Continue investing in the place and people that mean so much to us
We’re still early in this journey.
Sulex Fish Farm is still growing, still evolving, and still teaching us every day.
There are good days and hard days, moments where things feel clear and moments where we’re reminded just how much we still have to learn.
But there’s also something steady underneath it all.
A sense that this is where we’re meant to be right now — building slowly, learning as we go, and putting down roots in a place that already holds so much meaning for us.
For David, this will always be home. And for me, it’s become a place where so much of our shared story has come full circle.
We don’t know exactly what the future will look like, but we do know we want to keep building something that matters — something rooted in community, purpose, and time.
And we’re grateful to be building it here, one step at a time.
Want to learn more about our journey in Eastern Uganda?
Follow along with our farm and life adventures at our YouTube channel, Isn’t Life Extraordinary.