Among The Tribe

UGANDA -  On Sundays, the Karamojong warriors gather for a tribal dance. I've made friends with a lot of the warriors, so I can walk around freely - but they do watch my every move. I see it as: if someone is studying you, there's an opportunity to teach something.  The exact…continue reading →

The Face of My Father

UGANDA  One of my favorite things (and greatest blessings) is when I get to fill the food storage room at the orphanage. It usually takes several days, because it involves shopping around to find the right merchant who is able to fill the (bulk) order, then hiring a truck, etc. We buy posho,…continue reading →

Finding Gold

UGANDA -  We headed about 4 miles into the mountains (on foot) to an area where nomads travel to dig for gold. They stay there for several weeks at a time, and live on very little food. The temperature is very hot here, and this is very hard work - the miners…continue reading →

“The Work Of His Hands”

UGANDA - Arrived safely in Karamoja, and it's been  amazing so far. The locals still call me by my Karamojong name, "Lukiru" (one who brings rain).  It's like I never left. In many ways, this area is cut off from even most of Uganda, with its own unique culture... with very little food, electricity,…continue reading →

Greetings From Karamoja

PlayGreetings From Karamoja. PlayKaramajong [videos below] - I was talking to someone and looked over and saw this woman's legs covered in sores. flies swarming everywhere. Heartbreaking to see so much human suffering.  looks hopeless... but...  "...With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things…continue reading →

Labor of Love

UGANDA -  "For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister." (Hebrews 6:10)…continue reading →

Worlds Apart – One in Christ

"For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body — whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free — and have all been made to…continue reading →