Hannington, our driver, embodies so much that is good about the Ugandan people. He is resourceful, hard working, unfailingly polite (“yes, please), and of good humor — all characteristics that generally apply to the people we encountered on our trip. And yet as humbled as I was once again by the generosity and [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Disappointment and Hope (Steve West)
Posted in Embrace Uganda Summer Mission Trips on July 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My thoughts coming back… (Emma Holland)
Posted in Embrace Uganda Summer Mission Trips on July 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Welcome…home? [post-Africa reactions]
Saturday, May 30th, 2009 – Monday, June 29th, 2009 I spent a month in Uganda, Africa working with Embrace Uganda to participate in various forms of orphan, and rural village outreach. Over the 4 weeks the team i worked with visited 4 villages [though spending more time in some than others] bringing suitcases [...]
Who Is My Neighbor?
Posted in Embrace Uganda Summer Mission Trips on July 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If in this country, in our Western World, we knew of 400+ children who didn’t have a meal this morning, had no shoes, couldn’t get to clean water in the middle of the heat, wore the only outfit they had, tried to learn in a school that meets under some trees, shared a blanket two [...]
