It’s been dark over here at the news desk for some time, we admit. And though the dry season is upon us, we haven’te been neglecting to update you because we’ve been passed out on the floor from the near triple-digit temperatures every day (Seriously,
Saturday was the last of the hibiscus. We’ve been harvesting every day since mid-September and while the end has been coming for a few weeks now, the fields are finally stripped of most of the useful calyx. I’ve been thrown into managing the harvest this
Christmas in Karamoja. That phrase, as I look out the window at the heat of the day, the dryness of the bush that surrounds our compound, and smell the burning grass and see the smoke wafting across the horizon, presents itself almost paradoxically. We are
Since it’s the holidays, and a time to spend enjoying and pondering the blessings of family, it seemed appropriate to tell you about the family of one of our workers, Lodim Thomas. He’s one of Bob’s construction workers and has been with the Mission for