Generosity. The less you have, the more you give. Or so it is in Acholi land. Yet again, I’ve been completely overwhelmed by the generosity and good will I’m extended in the Acholi Quarter. Late Wednesday afternoon as I’m saying my farewells, needing to hurry so I don’t miss my flight, […]

“Slowly by slowly,” the Acholi phrase that I so often murmur now. A far cry from my initial impatience. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still terribly impatient and want to accomplish three times more in half the time, but I’m learning that that’s not possible in the Acholi Quarter.
This trip’s purpose as been […]

Many people comment to me, “You must feel so proud,” referring to the work I do in the Acholi Quarter. THat’s not how I ever feel. So long as people I know, friends, go to bed hungry, while I’m well fed, I cannot feel “proud.” However, today, I had a great feeling of […]

Many months have gone by since I’ve posted new entries to the blog. And in those months, much has happened. Since the dreary days of January when I questioned the point of the work I’m doing in Uganda, spring came, and new seeds of hope were planted. And as summer is upon […]

Two years into this now and it’s hard for me to assess whether what I’ve done, what I’ve tried to do, counterbalances the problems caused by the work I’m doing.
A group of women that originally numbered 55, but swelled to 100 in my initial absence. Each with extraordinary needs that can never be met. […]