[ Uganda, Africa Mission Journal – Entry 6 ]
JINJA, UGANDA – MARCH 14, 2012 – Today was a work day, trying to get the playground finished so the kids can come play tomorrow afternoon. It is a massive structure built of solid mahogany wood. Loren found a local source […] Read the rest
[ Uganda, Africa Mission Journal - Entry 5 ]
JINJA, UGANDA – MARCH 13, 2012 – Just time for some quick observations today. We were on the go all day, helping with the playground, visiting the kids at the village and going into the Jinja market for some supplies.
I’ve […] Read the rest
[ Uganda, Africa Mission Journal – Entry 4 ]
JINJA, UGANDA – MARCH 12, 2012 – We have arrived. The flight went as smoothly as a flight can when it involves three planes and three continents. We ended up about half an hour late arriving in Entebbe, and Customs was […] Read the rest
[ Uganda, Africa Mission Journal – Entry 3 ]
LONDON – MARCH 11, 2012 – Getting to Uganda is two days of flying and waiting. I don’t mind the flying part. I can sit at the window and try to tell what things are from 30,000 feet. The green patchwork […] Read the rest
[ Uganda, Africa Mission Journal – Entry 2 ]
MABANK, TX – MARCH 9, 2012 – The day has come, almost. After a few hours of fitful sleep, Jill and I will be headed for Uganda. Now we won’t be there for two days, but we will be on the […] Read the rest
[ This is the first of the series of posts made during a recent mission trip to Uganda, Africa. I am posting these in the Personal Commentary section so they will have a permanent home. The other posts will be added over the next several days. It was a remarkable […] Read the rest
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Whenever it is, it’s too soon. Whenever we give up dress up. Whenever the Magic Kingdom isn’t so magic anymore. Whenever we don’t think we’re kids anymore, it’s too soon. As a father, one of the things I
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The family went to church last Sunday. Nothing unusual about that. But I wasn’t very excited about it. The message was going to be about a new building at a new site that the church is ready to build, and the congregation would vote on whether to build it or […] Read the rest
Love is funny when it happens to you.
You don’t know where it came from
or what it’s going to do.
You just know you’re in love
or at least you think you’re in love.
Love was funny when it happened to us.
From the […] Read the rest
Not a Dull Boy
[ Uganda, Africa Mission Journal – Entry 7 ]
JINJA, UGANDA – MARCH 15, 2012 – The first half of the day was all work. The second half, all play. Jack is not a dull boy.
We got to the village early to finish the playground. We still had a […] Read the rest