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Sunday, September 30, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Karamoja Wedding
from 12. Sept on Melissa Graham Blog
Back in August Summer and I went to an interesting cultural experience, a
Catholic Karamajong wedding. The women in the animal skins are
relatives of the bride's mother, who danced for most of the ceremony in
the traditional Karamojong way, moving their whole bodies from side to
side swinging the skins too. The place was packed, the whole town
wanting to be part of the celebration. including us! A very fun day.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
MUD!!!!!!
The drive to Jinja (the 'big smoke' 2nd to Kampala in smokiness)
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| Summer & Me near Seretiyo, Kapchorwa District, Uganda. |
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Photoes Melissa
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| Beauty & hard work |
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| Cute kids |
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| Edula making |
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| Cows - every individual is so special there is no Karamojan word for herd |
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| Dikdik I wanted to rescue |
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| Harvest time - sorghum |
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| Joy comes with age too |
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| Kids of Karamoja |
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| Mt Hyena |
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| Old man wants his photo taken too |
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| Neem oil group |
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| Our house - sunflowers! |
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| Sheep - they look like goats! |
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| Vet studies with an audience! |
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Friday, September 7, 2012
Melissa Graham august
What I wanted to say when I couldn't
Mixing Animal Work With Bible Work
I can't believe it is August! Where has the year gone?! I only have 4.5 months left here in Karamoja Uganda. Since my last post about the neem oil production, we have gotten over sicknesses.
I have spent time running chicken and goat trainings for the KACHEP recipient women (5 women who each recieved 10 chickens and 3 lots of 10 women who each recieved a goat) which were more reflections/feedback on how they found the projects rather than actual trainings and were very insightful as to the way forward for these projects. All of the chicken recipient women appreciated the income generating aspect (selling eggs) for buying food for their families and helping to cover costs of school fees, or for some even just being able to send their children to school, where otherwise they wouldn't have been able to do.
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| Goat Training song time |
On these training days Summer told the story of Lydia in the 1st century church (Acts 16), a women who opened her house to Paul and the gospel and became a place people could come to, to worship and pray together. We encouraged these women that they, as women of influence in their communities, could also be women like Lydia in their own homes and villages. Through this we have begun 4 bible studies in 4 different villages, with 4 of the 5 chicken recipient women leading & hosting them. It has been really great to see, but much prayer is needed for them to continue as it really needs to be something they take on and continue for themselves, even when life happens and they are distracted by other things, e.g. sorghum harvest or working in the gardens. We want to encourage them to make time for God in their lives if He is to be their Lord while understanding the pressures of life in Karamoja.
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| Tick Spraying Day |
On Tuesdays we go to a village about half an hours drive away (or 2 hours walk) called Kassiapus, whom again we have a friendship with through the cattle spraying as well as the chicken project, and we have storied and prayed with them for a long time already. Now that they are interested in going deeper with the Bible we have started this same group there, the main woman leading is Toto Joyce.
The third is of course our own with KACHEP at our house and the fourth
is in a more local village (within easy walking distance) with a woman
called Anna Aisu who is a strong believer herself. We hope to kick start
them off this month and then see what God does with them when they have
the tools to continue it themselves, in a 'pay it forward' kind of
philosophy :) Hugs Melissa
"God wants to bless us where we are." Joel Osteen
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