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[mosrubn]

Good Cheer.

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Proverbs 17:22. Photo by Mosrubn. What makes you laugh? I rarely laugh and when I laugh, I don’t know what exactly makes me laugh, probably something witty. I used to smile a lot when I was young, to the extent that a bad teacher called me a smiling ghost and I to device ways of covering up, like pulling my nose. Thank…

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[mosrubn]

Where are you - The Genesis 3:9 Position.

Where are you – The Genesis 3:9 Position.

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[adventurekenya]

Soroti, A Little Town You Need To Visit The East of Uganda is filled with so many amazing and hidden adventures that very few people know about.

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REFLECTIONS IN JUBA - Independence South Sudan

REFLECTIONS IN JUBA – Independence South Sudan

The same sun shines up on and warms us all, and the same God created us all in his image that we might shine with acts of righteousness to his glory but we have created war instead, It started with Abel and Cain but Christ came at Christmas to point us back home to God. And it is possible to make a change; it starts with you. I hope for a new day of peace will rise over South Sudan.

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[senegalison]

Notes from Katakwi

I've been lucky enough to visit two of our sites so far, and the second one was Katakwi, in Eastern Uganda. While I was there, I got to help restructure a project (which now needs even more changes, natch), and visit with many beneficiaries. I even learned a few Ateso words. And by that I mean two words. Here they are. Yoga noi! (Hello more! Like.... an excited hello.) Also, yalama! (Thank you! Like... thank you for this posho.)

There was a graduate student with us who's been living there and working with LWF Katakwi for the past two months. (That's her in the picture above. We're tastefully different!) Katakwi is a super small town. I say town because it has a main street, but it's kind of a cross between a town and a village. There are clusters of huts in the center of the area, and there is no running water or electricity except for at the guest houses.

I went running in the mornings and by the time everyone came into the office, people were telling me that their taxi drivers and neighbors had told them all about it. I am kind of comfortable with being the morning news. Sometimes I think that if I can entertain Ugandans with my strange habits, then at least I'm succeeding at something. One morning I gained an entourage of middle school girls in school uniforms for about a quarter mile. Every time I turned around they were still running and still giggling. The fact that my entourage was able to keep up with me and stay out of my line of eyesight for so long is a testament to the fact that I need to get faster. Anywho....

We met with beneficiaries of agricultural stuff and livestock. They've been using the animals and plants they were given to generate income and become more self sufficient. Here is Shannon with a farmer's donkeys, which he rents out to his neighbors for plowing and transport. 

Here are some cutiessss we spotted at a borehole we were visiting. They went to school nearby and were all in blinding pink. You actually can't even tell how bright it is from this photo. Girls and boys styling in pink-- my kind of place, obviously. 

More pictures of my coworker's daughter and her neighbors. There are from Shannon's fancy camera. The girls were so fun and we danced a lot and ate cassava. 

Okello with her stuffed animal on her back! She wanted it to be like a baby! Ah! So cute!

Best dance partners ever. They kept doing a weird booty shake. 

That's all for now. I'm probably going back to Katakwi next week to revise this proposal again, so soon I'll probably be up to 1,000 Ateso words and have a full Ladies' Jogging Club. Or something.