It was an eventful week on our active hill near the shores of Lake Victoria.  Way too many quizzes to grade, and too little time to prep for lectures!  Classes are getting interesting as students ask the hard questions.....both a challenge and an encouragement to us!  The thinking process is in high gear.  Analysis to come next...I hope!  The most significant event that I experienced was not in the classroom, though.  I oversee 5 main teams that do outreach into Kampala.  The team that I went with this week was what we call, "The Street".  Basically, it's a focus on...

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       I won't claim to entertain like the Prairie Home Companion.  Keillor can keep his job.  Mine for the present is that ever present task of managing the impossible....TIME.  At about this point in every semester I find myself managing energy to make time more efficient.  "Do I dare take a 15 minute power nap....?"    And so goes the quest to be effective and efficient.  My world is the ever present and humbling scramble to present lecture material well, and the time to think through the issues that are important.  Rambling on is pointless when the precious student is...

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..Or the Bang happened and now we're off!  After a year in the US, we're finally returning to Uganda!  It is a welcome return!  A return to our calling, our passion, and our routine.  The routine is one of the key things that we miss!  We have enjoyed seeing family, friends and supporters, and now we very much wish to return to the life we know and love.  It will be especially hard to say goodbye to "Opa" Schimke, but we'll stay in contact closely!     Ah yes,....that "bang" thing....  We were aware of such a possibility, but it still is...

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Greetings from the good 'ole USA!!!  That's new to us, at least.  Oh, and Happy 4th of July!  We typically go to the American Recreation Association in Kampala, Uganda on the Sunday closest to the 4th for a wonderful BBQ & Fireworks display.  This year, however, we get to go to a Ranch Rodeo in Colo. Springs at the Penrose Center where my youngest brother, Kenny Yoder, is competing with a team of fellow cowboys in the events of the night.  Should be a great time and something our kids will remember for a long time, too.We are also now...

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Spiritual Emphasis Week (March 2009):For the week of March 23rd, we were tremendously blessed on ABU campus to host Dr. Dominic Aquila and Dr. Mike Ross as speakers to the student body.  Each year in the Spring, students, faculty & staff take a week off from normal classwork and receive food for the soul as we sit under teaching from guest speakers, have group and individual prayer times, and focus on our walk with God in a specific way.  It was really a joy to see Dr. Aquila, from our own home church, and to be able to host him...

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