Monthly archive for January2015

A very quick trip to Kampala this week – and another one next week. An 880km round trip on roads of mind-bogglingly variable quality with drivers of frighteningly low competence. And that’s not just me. The reason for the trip? Another instalment in the absolutely joyful…

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To try and explain what life here in Uganda is like would be totally impossible. In the last week we have……………….. Finished the upgrade of the classrooms in Kigazi (fitting bigger, glass windows and laying floors) so that we can teach Primary and Nursery levels…

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Life feels tough at the moment. The start of the year is always very expensive as it marks the beginning of the school year here in Uganda – uniforms, equipment AND fees. And this at a time when our harvests are at an all time…

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On New Year’s Day I wrote a blog that recognised the vital importance of prayer – if you haven’t read it already then you can do so here . I have been practising what I blogged/preached and I can see the results in my own…

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Fill in the missing letters in the title. As we stand on the first day of a New Year I realise that last year I could have completed the sentence with any one of the following. ‘If my people will humble themselves and: ‘Work harder’…

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