I’m not sure how long it’s been since my last blog post. It feels like it’s been almost as long as the amount of time that usually passes between my actually mopping our floors. And that’s a long time. But I was in another world for two weeks, and then I have spent the last [...]
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Hmmm. Where to begin…
Posted by sarahonpurpose on November 16, 2011
http://thestehlikchronicles.com/2011/11/16/hmmm-where-to-begin/
Africa keeps teaching me…
Recently a friend asked if I had some time to help with something. Because this person is Celestin Musekura, who happens to be one of my heroes, I was pretty happy to do whatever he needed. But when he subsequently informed me that it was helping coordinate a breakfast for the First Lady of Burundi, [...]
Posted by sarahonpurpose on September 29, 2011
http://thestehlikchronicles.com/2011/09/29/africa-keeps-teaching-me/
Last thoughts on Africa… what I never wanted to see
I loved the excitement of experiencing an entirely different culture. I loved the nervous laughter amongst some of us when various unidentifiable foods were served. I loved driving through the city with goats or cows or chickens frantically scurrying across the road. I loved hearing our friends at ALARM talk about their journey with the [...]
Posted by sarahonpurpose on March 28, 2011
http://thestehlikchronicles.com/2011/03/28/last-thoughts-on-africa-what-i-never-wanted-to-see/
Africa, part 3
We walked in for day 1 at our conference site in Gulu on Tuesday morning to the sounds of dozens of Ugandan women singing and clapping as they worshipped together. I. Loved. This. We gathered in a simple, open-air room, where 100+ women would come in their finest dress with their babies strapped to their [...]
Posted by sarahonpurpose on March 25, 2011
http://thestehlikchronicles.com/2011/03/25/africa-part-3/
Reflecting on Africa, part 2
So if day 1 of our trip was the city of Kampala and the women and children in the Quarry, day 2 was about Pader. This is a very small town in northern Uganda where Watermark and ALARM have partnered to open a trade school for young men and women struggling from the effects of [...]
Posted by sarahonpurpose on March 22, 2011
http://thestehlikchronicles.com/2011/03/22/reflecting-on-africa-part-2/
