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November 28, 2020

Piercing the Darkness

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I curse any thought I ever had that my day-to-day work at Akisyon a Yesu Presbyterian Clinic was mundane or boring. I would pay a considerable ransom to be a desk jockey again for just a few weeks. While the investigation into recent thefts was…

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November 9, 2020

Chickens, Frogs, and Poking the Bear

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In a year largely consumed by thinking about and reacting to the coronavirus pandemic, perhaps it’s a nice break that there should be something earth-shattering enough to distract us from its ubiquitous presence in our lives. But not really. In July, the solar water pump…

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“Thank you for what you’ve been doing. Please keep doing it.” This has become a regular prayer of Carmel’s. It makes me smile every time – such truth, so simply put. The adult version would include an outline of the gospel’s power and its work

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March 4, 2021   |  by Chloe

Thanks and Keep It Up!

Akisyon a Yesu, the name of our clinic, translates to “The Compassion of Jesus.” It’s the name on the roadside sign, the first thing you notice when you come to the gate. It’s also at the heart of the tension that I have felt ever

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December 6, 2020   |  by Christopher

Justice and Mercy: A Diptych

Doing Nothing as an Act of Faith
December 5, 2020   |  by Christopher

Doing Nothing as an Act of Faith

Piercing the Darkness
November 28, 2020   |  by Christopher

Piercing the Darkness

When we closed the clinic a month ago, the local leaders, in our first meeting on the subject, said “You have to open the clinic, otherwise people are going to die.” It’s easy to dismiss this as a rhetorical flourish, a hallmark of Karimojong oratorical

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November 25, 2020   |  by Christopher

Good Samaritan/Bad Samaritan

Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways. You have sown much and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough. You drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns

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November 18, 2020   |  by Chloe

Musings on Haggai: Consider Your Ways

Chickens, Frogs, and Poking the Bear
November 9, 2020   |  by Christopher

Chickens, Frogs, and Poking the Bear

The past four months have seemed to simply fly by. Here are some events from that time. At the end of July our teammates David and Rashel Robbins (and crew) left on furlough. They had been scheduled to leave in mid-May but ended up postponing

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October 17, 2020   |  by Chloe

Update!

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.For his steadfast love endures foreverGive thanks to the God of godsFor his steadfast love endures foreverGive thanks to the Lord of lordsFor his steadfast love endures foreverPsalm 136:1-3 We are six months into corona in Uganda,

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September 7, 2020   |  by Chloe

An Identity in Steadfast Love

The cost of presence is absence. To want to be everywhere at once, is to want to be God. Yet in this nomadic life I often mourn my limitation to one place, one body. I have felt this price keenly since coming back from furlough

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August 8, 2020   |  by Chloe

The Cost of Presence Is Absence

Last year, the harvest was good. I suspected that when it was happening, by the sheer number of drumbeat led, moonlight parties in the village. The number of marriages that took place within a short time after harvest, made me smile at people’s good fortune.

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June 26, 2020   |  by Chloe

Births and Weeding, Signs of the Time

The threat of COVID is still here. Lockdown is in full swing. And masks are the new fashion statement. Some form of lockdown has been in place for the last eight weeks in Uganda. Church services have been cancelled including all gatherings with more than

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May 21, 2020   |  by Chloe

Update

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The Way We Do

Good Samaritan/Bad Samaritan

When we closed the clinic a month ago, the local leaders, in our first meeting on the subject, said “You have to open the…

Visiting Georgia

I couldn’t sleep. I kept wondering what I would do if the boda (motorcycle taxi) I had arranged to pick me up before dawn didn’t show…

Village Dichotomy

Village Dichotomy

I told Longole we would be coming home with her after work. She washes clothes for us twice a week. I invited myself, my…

On Being a Missionary

On Being a Missionary – Chapter 8

A Palace, or a Mud Hut? We come to what is perhaps one of the discussions that Chloe and I are most apt to…

On Being a Missionary—Chapter 7

Kings, Cooks, Beggars, Saints Our last chapter was a bit theoretical on the inevitability of culture shock and how to overcome it. This chapter…

On Being a Missionary – Chapter 6

Culture Shock It’s the biggest catch-phrase of moving between continents. When Chloe and I first arrived back in San Diego, it was the first…

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