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After ten days, Lori and I are beginning to walk in the natural rhythms of life here, although we are usually out of step. Exceptions are the rule, and expectations seldom match reality. My rules and expectations have been shaped by a culture very different than the one we are immersed in here in Africa. In general, things move much, much slower here which is equally trying and refreshing. It simply takes longer to accomplish anything I set out to do, from communicating with someone (or finding them in the first place), using the internet, preparing food or having food prepared. But the slower pace of life encourages a simplicity that is usually lost in the rush back home. 
Conversations and books take the place of entertainment and TV. I can go from one place to another in town by foot or boda (bicycle taxi) just as well as a vehicle, without feeling like I am late (a word not applicable much here). Small merchants lining the streets sell the necessities of life and not much else. As I repeat these things daily these differnet modes of living become more familiar, as do the increasingly recognizable faces who offer warmer and longer greetings: How are you? How is your family? How are your children? Good to meet you again. These have become our ordinary, and it is perhaps our experience of these ordinary events in everyday life that allows us to imagine ourselves living here. 
Amidst these routines I am still discovering so much. I discover beautiful landscapes I couldn’t imagine before, and I discover beautiful people who God is living in and among. Today I want with Spencer and Ben to Nuwangama Village where Harding Academy, a Christian secondary school (named after Harding Academy in the states) stands on top of a hill overlooking Busoga. Harding Academy teaches over 80 high school students in a Christian-based curriculum. I met the headmaster of the school, Ricky Kahudu, who had previously worked with the original Jinja mission team's video projects. He shared with me his vision of filming short skits in Lusoga to produce movies that teach what it means to live as a disciple of Jesus Christ, and his hope that he can work with someone with resources to help make his dreams a reality. What struck me in my conversation with Ricky was the realization that God is present and active in Busoga, living in the people here to accomplish His purposes. I am beginning to understand that my role here will not be to write on blank tablets or fill empty vessels, because the people here are being filled by God’s Spirit and their hearts are being written on by God’s Word. I hope that somehow, in the words of John Laster – a mentor of mine, I might be able to “equip and release” those such as Ricky who feel called by God to advance His Kingdom in Busoga while they are releasing me to see and experience God working in greater ways.
By the way, I learned of the Pistons’ series victory over the Pacers this morning from Spencer. On the way to Nuwangama, we picked up Moses Kiirya (pronounced chil-e-a) who was proudly wearing the shirt in this picture which had been given to him by visitors from Michigan a few months ago. Go Pistons!
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... Hope you see those great land scapes again soon on your return and make the gospel reach there. Ricky |
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