It is the longest love affair of my life. It is the best relationship of my life. Nothing compares to it – past, present or future. It has a permanence to it that no other relationship could ever have. It is a central part of…
You know………it’s actually going to work. God’s plan for my life. I am so appalled at my lack of faith and trust. And, sadly, so amazed at God’s success! I am one of those competent Christians who believes that God is all powerful – and…
Hildah and I are in Kampala returning Becky Wilson to the UK (!), visiting Richard in hospital…..and doing the dull stuff like immigration. It’s always very busy and very tiring but we have been carried along on a wave of euphoria for all that God…
Friday was a good day. But hard. If your idea of hell is seeing kids screaming with pain then Friday at the J1010 House was one to avoid. Having completed phase one of the house build for the struggling, flea-infested, malnourished family in Kahama, we…
Our God is not a God of the 20%. Or the 50%. Or of only the spiritual. If God isn’t meeting ALL our needs then that is usually because we’re not letting him. After finding out who Jesus really is one of the things that…
Jiggers – a brief introduction: a flea that lives in the dust in dirty homes and that burrows into the skin and lays its eggs which then grow causing painful sores. When the eggs hatch the young burrow their way out whilst eating skin, lifting…
The family that we are helping this week are SO poor, SO dirty, SO dysfunctional and SO desperate…….that even the other poor here despise them. Now that’s a very, very lonely place to be. And of course, the place where people are most hopeless, most…
‘Volunteering in Africa’ – sounds glamorous huh? It’s been an interesting week in Uganda for Becky Wilson – the paediatric nurse from London who is spending three weeks with us. Her patients include bed sores that defy description, assisting at a caesarean section and helping…
The ambulance got to Kampala an hour quicker than I did. I am (in)famous for my driving style and my ability to do the Kabale-Kampala journey more quickly than anyone else. Even though the other patient that I took to Kampala yesterday was accompanied by…
Sometimes I can’t even remember what I’ve done in a day. And then when I write it all down I genuinely don’t know how I did it. God’s power and energy in a jar of VERY lumpy clay! Today I have, amongst many other things,…