Attempt 3

Hello everyone,

It seems like time here has a different feel to it than time back home. While we know that the Lord exists outside our everyday perception of time, when coming from the west it seem as if Uganda and nearly all of Africa also operate on their own definition of time. Obviously I haven't been here long enough fully understand to what extent the time back home and time here are different. Unfortunately, I have begun to grasp the fundamentals and it's very easy to become more relaxed and forget that you need to "keep time." With that said I'll get to the point of my paragraph, I'm sorry for the length of time between posts. Days here all seem to run together into one long continuous string of events, it seems like I'm always taking my malaria medication, in reality it's a once a day tablet. That's just an example of how things move along here, but onto the actual post.

I'll begin by thanking the Lord for His guidance and provision during this uneasy time in Uganda. While in the U.S. we are no strangers to the "war on terror" and the harsh reality of what man is capable of doing to their fellow man, I've never been as close to it as I was a week ago. Granted where I am and where the blasts occurred are worlds apart in terms of population and political significance, it was still only two Ugandan hours away.

Now, this is the point where I've struggled on my last three post attempts, what's next?

Being here is so completely different than anything I've ever experienced let alone tried to convey to someone else through words. The events that took place a week ago stirred many emotions throughout the country, the people, the government, everyone and everything had an opinion, comment, or some other way of conveying it. I suppose in a sense this is my outlet. My specific feeling was a mixture of sadness and something that resembled anger. It's hard to describe, mostly because the position I'm in here is still very new and in itself hard to describe. Maybe I'll be able to write more about it in a different post, but now for the sake of finishing this post and actually posting it I'll let that be the end.

Hopefully the power is decent this week so I can write about the things I've been doing and fill all of you in on the details. Until then, please pray for Uganda and how the Lord is using the death of 74 of His children. Also please pray the the Lord gives me guidance as I set/write my term finals. I hope all is well in the States and I miss you all very much!

God Bless,

Andrew