Tag: Uganda
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A Fall Back Place
How quickly do I forget! How easy it is to be persuaded by the fleeting pleasures of this life! One comprise leading to another and another until all shame and guilt is silenced. Until I find myself lost, incomplete, confused, dissatisfied, purposeless, guilty and ashamed. To what end does Pleasure have to be my master?…
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It’s a Communication Gap
The fear of communicating our minds especially when having tough conversations has a way of paralysing some of us and ruining great relationships. The fear of giving answers contrary to what is expected pushes some of us to stay silent. No one can read our minds. No one knows exactly what we are thinking or…
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A Time to Part
Do you ever feel like you could have given more? Do you ever feel like you didn’t give your very best? That’s how I am feeling right now. Four of the little army of our holiday makers have gone back to their home. The other three are leaving tonight. I feel a bit numb. It’s…
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DO NOT DISTURB
“Aaah aah, Muleke Winnie! Winnie alikuwandika katabo.” Which is Lusoga for, “Leave Winnie alone! Winnie is writing a book.” That’s my dad’s tough voice this morning severally reminding the gang of little holiday makers to stay out of my room. I would have locked my door to spare him repeating the same statement over and…
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Trust the Process
It’s easier said than done. It’s very hard to trust the credited process that turns the crudest of gold into the finest, the most shinning pure gold! It’s a terrible process for Fine Gold dearest. She’s subjected to the hottest of furnaces. Until all the impurities are seperated from her, the refiner does not rest.…
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Because it’s Holiday Time
Goshen: Auntie Winnie, you slaughter chicken and we eat. Auntie Winnie: (first laughs) Gosh, we only eat big chicken. Goshen: Auntie Winnie, you slaughter the dead chicken and we eat. Auntie Winnie: (thinks to herself, “As if I can slaughter a hen!) Gosh, we don’t eat dead chicken. Goshen: Auntie Winnie, you come and see.…
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A Family Separated
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of lifeProverbs 4:23 NKJV From the very start, I knew the fate of Meow’s baby meows. Long before before they were born, it was decided that they were to be given away and Meow was to stay. Thus I purposed to guard…
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To Point People to the One
What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world? I would like my blog to draw people to God. I would like my blog to stir up a passion for the word of God within every person that will visit it. I would like this blog to be a…