My brother Tom just died at my mothers home in the USA. The funeral is tuesday. Please pray for peace and way for me to quickly return.
Jean
JT Grade DVM, PhD
Uganda: +256-758 899777
USA: +1-415 858 4262
Belgium: +32-488 94449
Friday, April 19, 2013
Thursday, April 18, 2013
step by step
tomoro this gal will finally get back to Karamoja. its been almost a year, yet it still draws me near, forces me to smile, excites me -yet at this season, it causes me anxiety too.
i ruminate how i will be received -now that i am on my final 2 months of being a Ugandan resident. after i leave Uganda 2 june , i'll return as 'just a visitor'; albeit a visitor with a rich history and past joys and struggles in Karamoja -none the less, a visitor. But - so much has changed in my personal life, and thus in the perception of outsiders in 'who i am'. even in my chaos -i hold on to the truth that God is the same yesterday as today and tomoro...
its gotten 'easier' since i arrived in Uganda at the end of last month, pushing forward and visiting friends -both expat and local. but there are still times of struggle - the best tack seems to admit fault and move on. to take time alone in the word, to enter into worship, to revel at His creation, to exercise regularly and to get rest.
saying thanks, and goodbye
to do what i'm supposed to do, and not more - and not less. to rest in Him, that He is God, He is in control
if i'm square with God -the words will come as needed, when i get in those awkward situations. this is life, and i am in the thick of it. broken and weak, but still His precious daughter. i stand in Him
i'm still growing, still healing -like layers of an abalone shell
pray for me as i journey -that the piki would be ready by the morning, that the roads would be smooth, that my heart would continue to mend
i ruminate how i will be received -now that i am on my final 2 months of being a Ugandan resident. after i leave Uganda 2 june , i'll return as 'just a visitor'; albeit a visitor with a rich history and past joys and struggles in Karamoja -none the less, a visitor. But - so much has changed in my personal life, and thus in the perception of outsiders in 'who i am'. even in my chaos -i hold on to the truth that God is the same yesterday as today and tomoro...
its gotten 'easier' since i arrived in Uganda at the end of last month, pushing forward and visiting friends -both expat and local. but there are still times of struggle - the best tack seems to admit fault and move on. to take time alone in the word, to enter into worship, to revel at His creation, to exercise regularly and to get rest.
saying thanks, and goodbye
to do what i'm supposed to do, and not more - and not less. to rest in Him, that He is God, He is in control
if i'm square with God -the words will come as needed, when i get in those awkward situations. this is life, and i am in the thick of it. broken and weak, but still His precious daughter. i stand in Him
i'm still growing, still healing -like layers of an abalone shell
pray for me as i journey -that the piki would be ready by the morning, that the roads would be smooth, that my heart would continue to mend
Monday, April 8, 2013
Please pray
Please pray for me as I'm here, having time to say goodbye, to 'give them love and give them wings', and for me to embrace the memories,
regrets and even the profound joy of being in my favorite places in the
world crowds in on me and makes my heart heavy and weary.
Beseech
that the Holy Spirit would breathe into me that I might overcome the
sense of sad loss, of so much that once was, now uncompleted and
unfulfilled.
Jean
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