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A Slice of Life
October 30, 2022   |  by Chloe

A Slice of Life

“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

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

I should have waited before publishing my last post! The very next Sunday we had the pleasure of hearing a message from one of the younger men being discipled by the mission, Louse John Bosco. The topic of his sermon was living a holy life,

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December 3, 2021   |  by Chloe

There is no appreciation for a prostitute

When Olive was born, she had no home. Uganda would not claim her, even though she was born on her soil. The US would not acknowledge her, even though both her parents are US citizens. We had to collect forms and paperwork and then submit

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November 19, 2021   |  by Chloe

Darkness and Light

Olive Andromeda, born August 16 at 7:40am, 3.5 kg But I am like an olive tree   flourishing in the house of God;I trust in God’s unfailing love   for ever and ever.–Psalm 52:8 The realities of our life recently have felt quite surreal, like we’re plagiarizing from the

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August 28, 2021   |  by Chloe

Deliverance!

Lord, why have we found such favor in your eyes? In the swirling dust following the recent tumultuous community meeting, we have been reminded that the loudest voices are not always the majority or the most true. We received texts, phone calls, even visits from

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August 20, 2021   |  by Chloe

Favor

The humid, still heat presses down upon the earth taunting the parched fields. Thunder sounds high above. Clouds roll and gather all around us, heavy with empty promise, like a bud that never blooms or a pregnant woman who never gives birth. A weeklong deluge

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July 20, 2021   |  by Chloe

To Wait Upon The Lord

The days skitter along on feet of their own, driven by the needs of each. June has reached and I’m still acclimatizing myself to the idea of 2021. So many plans begun, half-baked and left to the unknown, now picked up again and only in

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June 11, 2021   |  by Chloe

Vaccines, Lockdown, and Gunshots

Christopher caught me by surprise one day and announced that covid vaccines had been donated to Uganda and would arrive in March. Previous predictions had them arriving in June or so. After a few weeks of calls, following the news, which included a conspiracy regarding

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March 30, 2021   |  by Chloe

Vaccines!

“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!

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