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Christopher & Chloe Verdick | missionaires in Karamoja

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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

My thoughts are as unsettled as a sunbirdThey flit from problem to dilemmaAttempting to solve eachBut flits again, unresolvedAnd fearful they will miss oneSimply too many flowers to tasteAnd drink dryMy thoughts are as unsettled as a sunbird Life is never stagnate. It is dynamic,

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May 4, 2021   |  by Chloe

Sunbird Thoughts

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!

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

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