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January 11, 2023

A Fitting End: KEO

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Everything has an end; good, bad and everything in between. An end can bring relief, even rejoicing, but it always carries loss too. Karamoja Education Outreach was closed in December. It was time. Local schools have opened preschools, our classes were dwindling, and we lost…

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August 22, 2022

Grief and Praise

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How does one enter the cloud of witnesses – the saints gone before, already tested, tried, and purified? With a trail of grief mixed with praise. Acia Rose was the mother of two boys, and many more who never took a breath. Her husband is…

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February 17, 2022

We’ve Begun!

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We’ve broken ground on the new clinic housing site! We started on phase one of the project earlier this month and are thoroughly impressed with the the progress already being made. We thank the Lord for His hand in fair weather, and finding a competent…

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A Fitting End: KEO
January 11, 2023   |  by Chloe

A Fitting End: KEO

How much wood does it take to burn a human body? Our Advent sermon today was from Genesis 22, where God commands Abraham to sacrifice his son, Isaac, as a means of testing his faith. Of course we all know the story; it never changes

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December 11, 2022   |  by Christopher

The Lord Will Provide—An Advent Reflection

As I entered the compound, I noticed two cliques of women. I had come to see how the clinic staff were killing the day. Olive had already found her place with the teenager of a clinic worker. After the initial resistance, she was quite content

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December 6, 2022   |  by Chloe

Three Days. Three Friends.

A Slice of Life
October 30, 2022   |  by Chloe

A Slice of Life

Grief and Praise
August 22, 2022   |  by Chloe

Grief and Praise

“You have returned in a time of blessing!” was one welcome I received. Harvest is only a few weeks away. Another proceeded to give me a list of trials that I had missed in their life while we were gone. Another told me proudly that

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August 6, 2022   |  by Chloe

We’re Back!

I am no stranger to tearsThey travel with me across the oceansFrom home to home and back againThey honor what is gained, and lostThey are a gift I giveTo a bleeding, healing churchTo a friend who lost a father and a living sisterTo another who

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July 22, 2022   |  by Chloe

I am no stranger to tears

Return to Matany
April 10, 2022   |  by Chloe

Return to Matany

The Word in the Wilderness
March 16, 2022   |  by Christopher

The Word in the Wilderness

Oloto kaapei! Let’s go together! Neni kai ka Akuj! To the house of the Lord! Oloto kaapei! Let’s go together! This past weekend, the mission hosted its first women’s conference! As with any event, you never know how it will go until it has gone.

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March 5, 2022   |  by Chloe

Women’s Conference

We’ve Begun!
February 17, 2022   |  by Chloe

We’ve Begun!

It costs nothing to do an easy thing. That which costs nothing, is also worth nothing. I’ve contemplated this truth many times during our term in Uganda.  I’ve considered it when the ministry seemed to languish or sin reared its ugly head. I’ve considered it when

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January 24, 2022   |  by Chloe

Nothing Worth Doing Is Easy

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The Way We Do

Three Days. Three Friends.

As I entered the compound, I noticed two cliques of women. I had come to see how the clinic staff were killing the day.…

A Slice of Life

A Slice of Life

I closed the door behind me, feeling slightly giddy with the freedom of getting out when I’m usually housebound. Afternoons are usually consumed with…

Return to Matany

Return to Matany

Last week I returned to the site of Olive’s birth. Matany hospital is about three hours north of us. I reconnected with the midwife…

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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