During my recent stay in the UK one of the major things I was doing was downsizing my British affairs. So, I sold my car back to the dealership from which I’d bought it – but not before somebody had tried to scam me out of £700, full details on request. When I left theContinue reading “29/8/21: Christian leaders in the UK, please take note!”
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22/8/21: ‘A minute a day to pray’
Some years ago I decided to start writing short prayers based around Bible verses. I suppose the reason for doing this was that I have always found prayer difficult, and thought that this could help to be a focus to praying on a regular basis. It was over the Christmas period when time was weighingContinue reading “22/8/21: ‘A minute a day to pray’”
13/8/21: so sorry we couldn’t save you, Rex
In my very first blog post on this platform I mentioned Pass and Rex, the compound dogs where I live. Their job is as guard dogs, so they are kept in their kennel for a good bit of the day so that they are only dozing at night, ready to start barking at huge volumeContinue reading “13/8/21: so sorry we couldn’t save you, Rex”
7/7/21: assembly for Ranelagh School
I made the following video which was shown in assembly at Ranelagh School this week, as I say thank you for their fund raising – see this blog post also – say a bit about Uganda and conclude with a thought from the Bible. Hope you like it!
30/6/21: out of isolation!
Pleased to say I’ve now completed my 10 days isolation, have the negative COVID test so I’m out and about! Which is great. So, first thing on the agenda – walk into Oxford along the Thames: starting from the Swinford Toll bridge towards the left of the map above: Number of reasons for this, it’sContinue reading “30/6/21: out of isolation!”
24/6/21: let your yes be yes…
Greetings from the UK! A very great pleasure to be here for the next few weeks, some of the specific reasons will become apparent in future blog posts. With all the paperwork in place, including a negative COVID test before setting out, Passenger Locator Form for both UK and Belgium (albeit I didn’t leave theContinue reading “24/6/21: let your yes be yes…”
9/6/21: guest blog by Justin from Goma, DRC
It gives me great pleasure to introduce this blog post by Justin Dunia from Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo which shares a border with Uganda. I met Justin through our mutual friend Ludger who is a fellow supporter of the Kampala Christian Orphanage. It was an extraordinary privilege to be in touch with Justin duringContinue reading “9/6/21: guest blog by Justin from Goma, DRC”
6/6/21: thank you, Ranelagh School!
When I returned to school in September 2019 after I visited Kampala Christian Orphanage, I found myself on the 6th form assembly rota when the theme was, “Give us today our daily bread.” So I based the assembly around my visit, and served up my version of posho and beans, the staple meal here, theContinue reading “6/6/21: thank you, Ranelagh School!”
23/5/21: introducing Stanley the artist!
During a normal working week I walk to and from school, churches, supermarkets etc., to some extent passing the same people on a regular basis. I really like the sense of getting to know people, even if that only means, for example, that I exchange greetings with the security guard outside a block of flatsContinue reading “23/5/21: introducing Stanley the artist!”
15/5/21: I had intended to learn some Luganda….
My attempts to learn languages over the years have met with varying success. The best was learning Indonesian when I was on short term missionary service when I was 18. Not long before I had been attending classes at school headed ‘French’, there is part of me which feels I owe the British tax payerContinue reading “15/5/21: I had intended to learn some Luganda….”
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