MOTHERLAND

Beautiful!  Beautiful!  Beautiful!

She is so beautiful
She is a pearl unimaginable
Her rivers flow with fresh waters
Her hair  so green,  it covers  the mountains  high above  and the valleys below
The sound  of the birds arises her children  to the beautiful  mornings

She is so beautiful
Her offspring so colorful
Her daughters so loving
Her sons so courageous
Her young ones play  with so much  joy  and laughter

She is so beautiful
She is so daring
Entangled are her languages, yet musical they are

She is so beautiful
She is so vibrant like  the rays of the sun as it raises
She is so welcoming,  a home to all
She is my reason  to smile

She is so beautiful
She is so blessed
The peace  within  her heart is undeniable yet  indescribable
She is a home I hold dear

she is Uganda
She is a mother
She is my home


For God and my country!

ITS A BOY!

I think  I have Written so much  about  Myles  and I cannot  promise  that  am going  to stop on this blog,  so today  morning  I woke up, looked my boy smiling  at me and I was filled with lots of joy.
" Honey, Myles  is the best thing  ever and a gift from  God," I said to my husband and he asked me why I had said that out of the blue in the earliest  hours of the day, I smiled  and reminded  him that when we discovered  I was pregnant, we both hoped it would  be a girl and for  some reason  we thought  it was a girl, we looked  for  names and it was just an easy  thing  for  us to do and come across  the names.  The baby  grew on the inside  and the bump became rounder and rounder  so we decided  to do a scan to discover  the sex of the baby. We went to IMC, Jinja...proceeded to the scanning room and the radiographer was ready  to receive  us and he asked if we wanted  to know  the sex of the baby and as if under remote control, Andy and I replied  in Unison, " that's why we are here."
ITS A BOY!" Farouk  said with easy, little  did he know  that it's not the answer  we expected. We looked  at each  other  in shock and silence  filled  the room as emotions floated all over the place but we cried  not... I remember  I had assured  my mid wife when she said to me jokingly that's  a boy, I told  her I prayed  about  it and we both  prayed that we would  have a girl  first... And I started  quoting  scripture,... Ask and you shall  receive... Blah blah blah  so here I was at a loss of words and finally  when I decided to break  the silence  I asked my husband,  honey  did you  hear that,? I took  a deep  breath, pulled myself together and made peace  with it before  we left  the room and actually  praised Father  for the gift of the womb is a gift from  God and we are only  custodians. Here we are five months  down the road,  Myles is the most amazing  thing  that ever  happened  to us... His smile  is contagious, he screams and only joy fills the place,  he is very calm and peaceful and we adore  him... He is our everyday  day crush if you  know  what I mean... He is radiant and fascinating, we enjoy  his company  at home and never get enough  of him,  did I mention  that he is very  very handsome( wink! Wink!)  I don't  even  know  what it feels like to be a mother  of a girl  but I am in love with being  a mother  to this boy, Myles never cries, I here people  say babies cry and I have no idea  what that means, not that he never cries but he is not a cry baby it feels so much  easier  nursing  a boy and am grateful  to God that he gives us what we need  not necessarily  what we want,  I bless the Lord for  his ways are not our ways and he really  knows  what's best for  us at all times.
Just to encourage  us that it's not what we desire  badly  that really  brings happiness  into our lives, sometimes  it's the difference  that makes  us happier... Am happy  with a baby boy and as long as God has given  you what he knows  is best... You life will change and you will be happier than how you thought you  would  be with what you desired.  The blessing  of God maketh rich and he adds no sorrow to it.  It may not be a baby as it was the case for  me,  it may be a job or something  else.  The Lord is in control,  allow him do what he does  best which he does as Father

GENEROSITY BREEDS TRANSFORMATION

One of the top most bible principles that brings  returns  is being  generous,he is refreshed who refreshes others,  giving  others  of whatever  you  possess is quite interesting  as many  of us love to be on the receiving  end which  is also good  in a way... But

Generosity breeds transformation
Last week and beginning  of last year was given  opportunity  to be with the Next generation  Ministries ( NGM)whose mission is to change Uganda one person at a time. NGM was founded by Paul Hunter and his wife; they visited  Uganda  in September 2001 on a short term mission trip and fell in Love with Uganda and the people, returned in 2003 and 2004 for subsequent  mission  trips then 2005 for 5-6 months which  triggered  them to resign  their  responsibilities in America  to devote  themselves  to the work here. They have a beautiful  vision to influence  the next generation  of Ugandans through  encouraging, equipping, empowering and releasing  them to their  destines which they have  achieved  by building  relationships.
 As we went to the deepest  remote  areas of Jinja and the busoga sub region  doing  medical camps and blessing them , I got exposed to how people  live life here in the and truly some people are below  the poverty line here but  thats not why am writing this.

The Next Generation Ministries together with the Oklahoma team are a very generous  team in all aspects... They have done this for  eight times to be exact,  they collect good sums   money  and resources  from  amongst  themselves,  get plane tickets, get  onto the planes, and come down to Uganda to bless someone, giving  of their  time, treasure and talents.  Now all of us know that time is a very valuable asset but this  team is very generous even with their time.
 Doctor Don and Linda klinger,  Dr.  Don Hay,  Nurse Byron Baum, Nurse Barbara Eck, Don Neufeld, Ashley Hairs, Trisha Byfield, pharmacist Vivian Nyugen( from  Oregon) and Lainey Robertson from  the state  of Washington plus Crystal and Debbie who didn't  make it this year all give their  time to come to Africa  to impact  lives.  They are very  patient , warm hearted and very loving  and they never  hold back while  giving.  As very many of us here in Uganda  head out to the diaspora in search  of greener pastures, these  guys come down here not in search  of nothing  other transforming lives of the people  in the remote  areas of Jinja,  serving  others  meaningfuly for  community transformation,  yes it is!  Am always  humbled by how they  dedicate two weeks  of their time to go out everyday to give of themselves and I cannot  help but celebrate  this team together  with Paul and Pamela  Hunter and the NGM team here in Uganda for  giving  of themselves to the people  of Jinja and neighbouring  districts... There  is so much transformation  and so many stories  surrounding you.  Thanks  for  the good work.

It's not easy loving  people  especially  when they don't  give u anything  but you have purposed to love people  and support  them in various  areas and made their lives  better.
Now,  Ugandans, let's wake up... Before  you  blame the government  for  doing  nothing,  what have you  done for  the community  you come from; start now... Do something  to impact people, start with your  family,  neighborhood, and then the community.  The little  you have is the right  thing to begin  from... Generosity  is a thing  of the heart,  it's not that people  have much,  it's because  they have the heart to give and they don't give what they need not,  it's sharing whatever  they can get and sometimes  involves getting  out of their  way to give so they can cause  transformation.

Question is, what is Christ calling  you  to do in the transformation of your  community?
What are you  doing  or going  to do about  it?
Who is going  to help  you achieve  it?