At The Beach
Posted on 13. Jun, 2009 by Josh Agerton.
Been a little quite since the last TIA posts from Uganda. Had a whir-wind few weeks: adjusting back; a weekend get away for my 10th wedding anniversary; AL, West FL UMC Annual Conference. And in the middle of all that my mac got sick…hard drive died. So It’s getting repaired now and will be back [...]
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TIA: Signing Out
Posted on 22. May, 2009 by Josh Agerton.
TIA: This is Africa…and God is here.
I’ve just gotten settled into a 8 ½ hour flight from Entebbe to Amsterdam and I’m flooded with thoughts about the last 10 days. So here goes a few snapshots from my memory:
The family whose home I visited that had very little to eat. The 6 year old [...]
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Happy 10th Anniversary Leslie
Posted on 22. May, 2009 by Josh Agerton.
May 22, 1999. It was ten years ago today that Leslie and I stood before our family, our friends, and our God to make a covenant with each other…that we would live together as lifelong partners. And God’s grace has been on us ever since, keeping us in love with one another and [...]
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TIA: Mizungooooooo!
Posted on 21. May, 2009 by Josh Agerton.
Mizungoo! It mean’s “white person” and it is what the little kids shout out as our van passes by them. We’ve gotten to know the little kids in the neighborhood where we are staying in Kampala. They shout it out every morning when we leave and at night to welcome us back home. They run [...]
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TIA: Farmers Tan is Kickin’
Posted on 20. May, 2009 by Josh Agerton.
We’ve given out 232 pairs of eye glasses over these last three days thanks to Eyes on Africa (they supplied us with the glasses and all the testing gear.) It’s been a great act of love poured out on these folks. They are all so grateful and we are hopeful for these seeds planted in [...]
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TIA: Eyes Seeing
Posted on 18. May, 2009 by Josh Agerton.
We spent the morning out in the community visiting folks in Buloba. We broke up into teams with church members and just went for it. The door-to-door thing fits great in this culture. People love it. So we went into many people’s homes and just heard their stories. Also had [...]
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TIA: African Sabbath
Posted on 17. May, 2009 by Josh Agerton.
A good day. Our team started out with worship at Gaba Community Church here in Kampala (This is the church that Buloba Community Church was planted out of). It was great to be at Gaba…reminded me a lot of Cornerstone but with an African flare. Then we headed out to Buloba for the [...]
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TIA: Redemption
Posted on 16. May, 2009 by Josh Agerton.
Sitting on the back porch right now working on my sermon for tomorrow morning. (Making sure I stay on the porch so John the security guard won’t mistake me for a thief and tag me with his spear.) It’s been an amazing day here. Each day is full of so much, [...]
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TIA: Don’t Worry Leslie, We’re Safe!
Posted on 15. May, 2009 by Josh Agerton.
OK, so just a minute ago I met John, our black belt security guard. Been here three nights now and had no clue he was here (yes, he’s that stealth-like). So here’s the deal. We’re staying in a house that is surrounded by a wall with razor wire on the top. [...]
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TIA (This is Afica)…Again
Posted on 14. May, 2009 by Josh Agerton.
Something I learned on my last trip to Uganda was a little phrase…”TIA”. It means “This is Africa”. It’s what you say when you are driving through town and a goat runs in front of you or when you get into a crusty old fishing boat to go across the lake and there [...]
