#49: Village Visit to Makoma

04Apr09

Enjoy the tour of Makoma. This is a small village near Lake Victoria. We went out there with Phillip to observe the culture. This was my second time for going and Joy’s first time. We had a blast! I had my first chicken heart!!!
It was very interesting. I will spare [...]

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#48: Visiting Kaworyu

18Mar09

Here is just some videos and picture from my trip to Kaworyu.

Inside the church building.

Vince standing in the village of Kaworyu

Drums warming in the sun and getting ready to be played.

The fields are ready for harvest.

Shawn and James visiting with Patrick.

The church in Kaworyu.

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#47: Visiting Makoma

17Mar09

I don’t usually write as much as Joy so this may be a short post. Last week I made a visit to Makoma, Uganda. It is located near Lake Victoria. It was a really a neat experience and very different from Atirir.
For those of you that are not aware, Joy and I live in a [...]

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#46: Visiting Atirir

12Mar09

Yesterday we went on our first village visit in Uganda since being in the country this time, to a place called Atirir. The drive out there was about 1 ½ or 2 hours long partly due to road conditions. The first ¾ of the trip, the road was tarmac, but it felt like we were [...]

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Ponderings from a Village Experiences

28Jun07

How does one adequately describe what goes on in life? There are so many different emotions and thoughts running through the brain, not to mention all the sights and smells and sounds that go on every second.

 

We are in Mbale and it is beautiful. Life goes at a different pace here, and it [...]

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Kodedie

22Jun07

Yesterday I went to a village called Kodedie. Shawn, one of the missionaries we are staying with. Shawn was teaching a lesson on baptism and what preachers are to do when someone comes forward and says, “I want to be a believer.” I thought the lesson was very good. It was about 2 hours long [...]

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