SAMS Stories

Leavin’ on a jet plane…

Thanks be to God for his faithfulness and provision!  I'm going home to Uganda!  Yes, I've been doing the happy dance since booking my flight a couple of days ago.  On March 21st I'll depart from Dallas, TX, go through London, and arrive in Entebbe very...

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HOMESICK

No, not for Jacksonville, Florida, where my home church is and where I lived for the past 16 years.  No, not even for the U.S., where everything is familiar, orderly, clean.  Where anything and everything is readily available.  Where I can drink tap...

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Gee, I don’t feel that “old.”

Question posed to me by salesman at department store in Kampala:Why do people "my age" leave a prosperous country like the U.S. and come live in Uganda?After getting over the "people my age" shock, the Spirit enabled me to share the Gospel! The young man said he was a...

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Rethinking Blog Format

I've been preparing my newsletters using Word and sending them out by email. Now I am rethinking how to include them in my blog. My current design isn't very good for lengthy updates with pictures. Please bear with me as I work through this. If you have any...

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UGANDA: T MINUS 6 DAYS

June 15, 6:05 pm Can you believe it? My departure date is so close I’m having a little trouble grasping it myself. After several years of preparation, many trials and much tribulation, a lot of growth and learning to depend even more on the Lord, I’m finally leaving...

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