Today was more emotional than I expected. Although well aware of some of what the day would entail, its amazing how unpredictable we can be. Today I met some very important people for the first time. I was meeting Chris Dobson, and family friend, who grew up in Uganda with my father, at the clergy…… Continue reading Walking in big shoes
Category: Uganda
Child Sponsorship
Many of your who read this blog, like me, will be supporting children all over the world by providing education, food and clothes through child sponsorship. I myself have a wonderful little boy in Ethiopia, called Gemtu, who I sponsor through Compassion (compassion.org). Soapbox (the organisation who organised my trip) has a similar project here,…… Continue reading Child Sponsorship
Profile: Soapbox – Shaun and Kathy Murphy
I first met Shaun at our annual Gateway Conference (gatewayconference.org.uk), held in Portsmouth. My Pastor, Dan Harman (City Life Church), had been on a Soapbox mission trip to Nepal, in his younger days, so met Shaun and become good friends during that time. When I had my start date confirmed for my new job, I…… Continue reading Profile: Soapbox – Shaun and Kathy Murphy
The Million Dollar Video
This week I’ve been doing some work with Arthur, at the Pastors Discipleship Network (PDN). Arthur does a lot of the video, photography and graphics hear at PDN, and this week I’m sitting in the directors chair to help put together a video for the their latest project, “The Daraja Project”. PDN has a video…… Continue reading The Million Dollar Video
Profile: Pastors Discipleship Network (PDN)
The Pastors Discipleship Network (PDN) is based about midway between Seta (where I live), and New Life Baptist Church (in Kireka). They have about seven members of staff who work here running the network, organising the conferences, putting together the training, and many other things. Patrick looks after the place, and lives next door (he’s…… Continue reading Profile: Pastors Discipleship Network (PDN)
Profile: Moses Okudu
After Pastor Peter expressed an interest in Business Training I send a few emails and arranged a meeting with Moses. Moses is the Executive Director of the Business Development Center (see bdcuganda.com), here in Uganda. Previously Moses worked for Feed the Hungry International, and was part of the Transforming Nations Alliance. Through that organisations like…… Continue reading Profile: Moses Okudu
Muzungo Meanings – Part 2: The Walking Dollar Sign
In the first part of this series of posts I looked at some of the contexts where people use the word Muzungo, and how that related more to how we in the west treat famous people, rather than how we relate simple to people of equal standing to us. In this post I want o…… Continue reading Muzungo Meanings – Part 2: The Walking Dollar Sign
Muzungo Meanings – Part 1: Celebrity
Muzungo is the Ugandan word for “white person” (referring to skin colour, of course). But I think, from the experience I have had with this word, that’s not really the most accurate translation. You see when translating a word we should also look at the context its used in, as well as the literal meaning…… Continue reading Muzungo Meanings – Part 1: Celebrity
Piracy – a Crime or not a Crime?
In the west we have easy access to the latest blockbusters and chart topping music. With the rise of the internet, that’s now more accessible than ever with digital downloads and streaming services become more and more dominant.That being said, piracy is still a big business (well, can you call it a business if it…… Continue reading Piracy – a Crime or not a Crime?
The Goodness of God – Part 2: The Openness of Poverty
In the first part I explored how the goodness of God is expressed in the culture and attitudes of the people I’ve interacted with here in Uganda. I also looked at one of the contributing factors that has resulted in this attitude being present here (in Uganda), and not here (in the western world). This…… Continue reading The Goodness of God – Part 2: The Openness of Poverty