snowgood posted: " One of the things which really stood out for me on our Uganda trip was that we had a chance to share in each other's life journey. On the surface we simply parachuted into a situation, hopped back into a mini-bus and moved on to the next assignmen" Snowgood's Blog
One of the things which really stood out for me on our Uganda trip was that we had a chance to share in each other's life journey.
On the surface we simply parachuted into a situation, hopped back into a mini-bus and moved on to the next assignment.
However, either by accident or design we ended up with far more than a series of images on our iPhones.
Meet Eddie from St.John's on the left, and Eddie from Uganda on the right. Really for me it was an absolute joy to see Eddie in blue immerse himself in ministry. He is so gifted, and passionate. Most of all I simply loved how he (like me) was "broken" by the experience.
We each soaked up the morning devotions, and Eddie was ever cheerful at beinga helping hand an encouragement to everyone he met.
Then there was lovely Eddie on the right, we were able to spend quite a bit of time together. Wow, he was even born in the same year as me. We ended up sitting side by side on one of the afternoons and to me he seemed fantastic.
It wasn't until we went off the beaten track to see a new HHA agricultural project that I realised we shared more than just our age. Uganda Eddie was lagging behind the others, and I discovered he like me had a dodgy right knee.
Quite how I'd missed it earlier I don't know. My knee had expert medical care and has largely been "healed", but the lower part of his leg was pointing out at 20 degrees off the vertical.
All from a simple football accident, and lack of good medical treatment at the time.
Which brings me to my last point. Everyone in Uganda that works for the organisation either has to be disabled, or helping to support someone with disability in their home.
I like that! People that are disadvantaged get the chance to break out of unemployment, which is quiote something. 89% of the refugees in Northern Uganda have no job.
We dropped Eddie off before the end of the day, he said good bye with a big smile on his face. I hope we meet again.
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