THE INHERITANCE OF HOPE

Today we took our son for immunization and it got me thinking. Why immunize? The response is simply that the child will have immunity from diseases in the future. In Africa, there are 6 killer diseases: Measles, TB, Whooping Caught, Diphtheria, Polio and Tetanus. However there are many threats to life than just that. This brings to light the concept of looking forward. Now the culture in Africa gives very little mention of looking forward, may be that explains the reason why we are so subsistence in nature. I recently did a simple study asking many people from across Uganda the simple question on the word for Good Morning which in English is a wish for one to have a good day looking forward - all the responses across all the tribes was; How did you sleep, how did you wake, how was your night, how was your morning, did you sleep, did you wake and the list goes no. Basically they are all looking back. While the English word on the other hand was forward looking in wishing the p...

I have been part of a small group for the last 4 years that meets every Wednesday for breakfast many of the members of this group are very prominent so in ways I feel privileged that every week I can share breakfast and be a part of people who have made their mark on Uganda. However on Monday July 26, 2010, I picked up my phone and called one of the Wednesday group Mr. Chris Rwakasisi to come and share with a group of young men and women that I have also been part of the last 14 years. This is the joy of being in relationship with a large group of people. This group has as its long term mission a mandate to mobilize a movement of men of integrity and women of virtue whose lives will depict the character qualities we teach at our schools. To this effect we meet in small and large groups monthly and weekly to share and be part of one another’s lives. We have managed to do this by creating small self supporting groups that meet and are committed to one another for life. Au...