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May 16, 2017

May 16, 2017

Our third day at New Hope Kobwin. Today was our last day of Teacher training at this site. We got started about 8:45 and Dale spent the next hour concluding the Shepherding teaching, after which Carla had the groups present their work from yesterday afternoon on the...

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May 15, 2018

Second day of training in Kobwin. Today we changed our classroom setting from in doors to out of doors. Yesterday it got pretty hot in the classroom we were in, so today we are in an outdoor auditorium they use for church services. A lovely breeze kept us much cooler...

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May 14, 2018

May 14, 2018

At New Hope Kobwin. We arrived at our lodgings around 4 yesterday. We are staying in a 'guest house' at Greentree Training Farm in Ngora. It is a training facility started by a family over 60 years ago, where farmers are invited to come and learn how to grow organic...

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May 13, 2018

May 13, 2018

Traveling to Kumi region of Uganda. We Left the Williams at 7:30 a.m., Burt taking us to meet our driver at 8. Then we drove to the other side of Kampala to pick up Eric, MIE's representative traveling with us to Kobwin. A blessing at that stop was getting to meet...

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May 12, 2018

Rainy day in Uganda! We arrived yesterday afternoon, on time, an uneventful trip once we left on our delayed flight out of Pittsburgh. After a good night's rest, we will spend today getting organized for the upcoming week. We leave first thing in the morning for a 6 -...

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May 11, 2018 Almost there…

Good morning from Dubai! I think we missed a day. In our minds we left Pittsburgh yesterday, Wednesday, but here we are already it's Friday. After a 13 hour flight from Boston, we arrived here, cleared immigration & customs, re-checked our luggage, and got to our...

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“The Elephant in the Classroom?”

“The Elephant in the Classroom?”

“The Elephant in the Classroom?” Think seriously of biblical Christianity: faith alone in Christ alone, by grace alone. Now think of every religion, belief system, or ideology you can imagine. Do not forget atheism and humanism. What do all...

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October 27, 2017

Truth Presbyterian Church, Gonaives, Haiti This morning we said our good-byes and left the mission compound a little before 8, taking a side trip to see the new church building for Truth Presbyterian Church.  Last year we had posted a picture of a rough shelter where...

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