When Empathy is not enough (a missionary musing)
Before coming to Uganda with my wife as missionaries, I served in Singapore for 2 ½ years. Singapore was the first place where I served as a long term missionary. Given that Singapore is well developed, you would think it was easy for me to transit, right? Unfortunately, my experience was far from smooth. My […]
A Lesson on Obeying Godly Authority
This week is the first week our Bible School is starting classes for 2015. It is a joy to see some new faces and old faces (from last year’s class). Wai Jia and I spent a considerable time this week teaching on leadership and what it means to be a good ministers. The students attending […]
I didn’t even have a fork
Tam Wai Jia wrote a very good piece entitled, “I Didn’t Even Have a Fork.” It is about a lady from the church we attended in Uganda. From living on the streets, her life is restored through the care of the local pastor. Sometimes we don’t know the effect we have when we lend a […]
Fear
The remarkable thing about fearing God is that when you fear God you fear nothing else, whereas if you do not fear God you fear everything else. “Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord”;… The Highest Good—The Pilgrim’s Song Book, 537 L
Merry Christmas from Team Tam
We wish everyone a Merry Christmas from Uganda. 🙂 As for Wai Jia and I, we are getting good and soundful rest at home. Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and […]
God the Restorer – Jeremiah 32
I am currently taking a course, Know Your Bible. One of the assignments is to write a five page paper on two of the Major Prophets. After writing so many papers from University, you would think I can handle a five page essay easy peasy. It wasn’t. I chose Isaiah and Jeremiah because I desired to know more […]
Dance Recital at a Primary School
Last week, Wai Jia and I went to a dance recital at Cornerstone community schools (Busula). This is a short clip of the nursery class doing their song and dance. Way too cute! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyF0Zw5vEYE
Soda Money
Since we are serving in Uganda for one year, we decided not to hop in and out of the country just to extend our visas. Instead, we decided to go with an agency to help obtain a work visa for Wai Jia and a dependent pass for me. Doing things the right way is sometimes […]
Every Wednesday…
Every Wednesday, the church has a sewing and beading class to help the ladies to strengthen their social-econoimcal situation. Since I am not a big fan of sewing (or beading), I usually read while my wife, Tam Wai Jia, mingle with the ladies. Sometimes we do wonder if this will really make an impact to […]
Home…
It has been a while since I updated my blog. Things are a bit busy lately in Uganda. The Bible School had a graduation last month. School will begin again in January. In the mean time, Wai Jia and I with the local pastor is trying to get a number of livelihood projects going. […]