tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-235938062009-11-12T20:20:19.855-06:00Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13757132958255621438noreply@blogger.comBlogger175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-90002506110139001372009-10-01T00:42:00.000-05:002009-10-01T00:42:00.135-05:00

The members of the mission team are excited about the next trip to Lui (Nov. 22-Dec. 4). The Missouri part of the team met last Wednesday for the first time and will meet all day Saturday, November 7, to prepare further. The Blackmore Vale Deanery [in the Diocese of Salisbury, Church of England] part of the team also plans to meet next week, and we hope they can join our team by live video chat

Lisa Foxnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-78694224109166023542009-09-28T20:21:00.010-05:002009-09-29T00:04:39.628-05:00

Debra Smith (Mission Trip Coordinator) convened the first meeting of the next mission team to the Diocese of Lui (in the Episcopal Church of Sudan) on Wednesday, September 23. Marc Vanacht hosted the missioners. The team went over logistics, schedules, and the opportunities that we expect to pursue with our Lui friends in the next trip. The trip is scheduled for November 22 through December 4.Our

Lisa Foxnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-19576988381974023402009-09-22T21:41:00.001-05:002009-09-22T21:44:37.998-05:00

About 5:00 a.m. yesterday, we received a message from Bishop Bullen of Lui. He reported that a thief broke into the diocesan office and stole:three digital camerasthe Thuraya (satellite) phone one portable radioHe alerted us promptly to cancel the Thuraya phone service.Of course, Debbie Smith and our staff at the diocese went into high gear and alerted our provider to cancel the Thuriya phone.

Lisa Foxnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-88738868041172402392009-08-12T19:03:00.022-05:002009-08-12T19:40:56.470-05:00

The following article appeared today on iSeek, the Diocese of Missouri’s online newsletter. The editor introduces the article: One of the projects of the next diocesan mission trip to Lui involves art and the children of the dioceses of Lui and Missouri, and is the brainchild of the Rev. Anne Kelsey, Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, Central West End, St. Louis. In this article she writes about

Lisa Foxnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-7419700702495937502009-07-29T20:12:00.002-05:002009-07-29T20:15:24.017-05:00

A friend has alerted me to additional coverage about Archbishop Daniel’s visit in the U.S.The Goochland Gazette focused on his relationship with Jennifer and Daryl Ernst, a couple who also founded Hope for Humanity, an organization that promotes educational opportunities for future leaders in Sudan.Goochland County, Virginia, lies between Richmond and Charlottesville.

Lisa Foxnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-3783379216161850222009-07-26T20:19:00.004-05:002009-07-26T20:27:19.225-05:00

The Diocese of Missouri plans for at least two missions trips to the Diocese of Lui each year, God willing, and our last one for 2009 is scheduled for November 22 through December 4.Plans for the trip include a conference for clergy and an art project with upper primary students.We are seeking people interested in helping with those events as well as missioners with expertise in agriculture,

Lisa Foxnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-64999061477390687872009-07-25T20:03:00.001-05:002009-07-25T20:04:14.294-05:00

As Debbie Smith has informed us, Sudan’s Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul and his wife, Mama Deborah, visited General Convention, where he made an impassioned plea for the Episcopal Church to support the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. His statement was based on this letter to the Episcopal Church.I was aware that he was going to travel elsewhere in the U.S. after GC, but I haven’t seen many media

Lisa Foxnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-77892363664980982122009-06-18T20:54:00.004-05:002009-06-18T21:00:12.256-05:00

This news was a little late appearing, as it just appeared today, calling for a day of prayer for Sudan today. Episcopal Life has the story here. It begins: The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has issued a statement in support of Sudan Day of Action, June 18, which calls for a renewed commitment to sustainable peace in Sudan.The Sudan Day of Action, organised by Baroness Caroline Cox and

Lisa Foxnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-90099013338833141032009-06-13T19:32:00.003-05:002009-06-13T19:38:08.205-05:00

A little girl in Lozoh checks her hand while shaking mine. Thoughts on racism after LuiDan HandschySomewhere I read that one of the sounds most familiar to a young black man is the sound of the electric locks on car doors being locked. I have to admit that any number of times, I've been stopped at a light on Lindell or Vandeventer or some other street in town, and seen a group of three

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18252491621480423462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-65037136591176661422009-06-04T22:59:00.004-05:002009-06-04T23:05:43.406-05:00

Over at LuLuLui, Debbie Smith reported at 7:33 p.m. that our travelers are safely home. I expect it will take them a while to rest and readjust to life back home. Debbie promises she will post photos soon.The Companion Diocese Committee will meet Sunday, June 14, along with our three missioners. We all look forward to hearing their first-hand reports of all that was shared and done and learned in

Lisa Foxnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-54237810595196056292009-06-04T13:44:00.006-05:002009-06-04T13:51:31.722-05:00

Dictionary Dan demonstrating a skateboard Morris looking at the book from Advent Morris and his wife Sylvester.Living LibrariesScroll Article for June, 2009Deb GoldfederSomeone

Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18252491621480423462noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-27866697376646197952009-05-31T10:01:00.002-05:002009-05-31T10:26:06.192-05:00

Years ago, I was introduced to the idea of the uninvited guest by my friend Rita who always set an extra place at any holiday table. An old Polish custom,, it was held open for one of the prophets (which one I don't remember) in case he should appear unexpectedly. I have always thought it was a lovely custom and that perhaps, we might also be waiting for Jesus, or an angel unaware.Moru Land is

mvseagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901576820998232173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-6576469350524758932009-05-28T08:55:00.002-05:002009-05-28T09:30:25.534-05:00

Ouch...I just looked the Cathedral Times and realized I ought to proof my blog better. I apologize for all the errors.Debbie and I finished the Adult Education Teachers' Conference today, the last one of the three. There were eight teachers, three from Wandi which is on the famous road to Kediba. They work without pay to provide education for adults who missed their chance during the war.

mvseagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901576820998232173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-34374393880776638012009-05-26T10:22:00.003-05:002009-05-26T11:04:59.044-05:00

One of the reasons I wanted to come to Lui was to retrieve the nitty gritty of my body from the obsessive cleanliness of American culture. Every culture has different definitions but I've felt for years that we have carried this washing, sanitizing, this coverup of natural odors to a paranoid and unnatural extreme. Something is wrong when doctors tell us we're too clean, that we're preventing

mvseagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901576820998232173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-87266992122177173902009-05-25T10:21:00.002-05:002009-05-25T10:43:13.661-05:00

It's alway seemed ironic to me that doing good works in the developing world produce opportunities worthy of an Evelyn Waugh of Paul Theroux novel.I find it odd that I can preach twice in two weeks in Lui and schmooze with the bishop when in the States, I certainly wouldn't be allowed the pulpit at the Cathedral. I've only passed pleasantries with the last two bishops of Missouri but was invited

mvseagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901576820998232173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-68178163897597113012009-05-24T16:27:00.009-05:002009-05-24T16:45:25.221-05:00

Be sure to check Debbie Smith’s account of the missioners’ activities today (May 24) at LuLuLui. Debbie reports that Mary Seager preached at Buwagyi, and they had a very full day.Debbie writes of Mary: “I don't think she's going to blog today; she mostly wants to lie down from the heat ….” Apparently, it is awfully hot and humid now.In the meantime, here’s a photo I took of the Buwagyi church --

Lisa Foxnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-13847892386478078302009-05-23T06:31:00.002-05:002009-05-23T06:44:59.356-05:00

I'm procrastinating. I should be starting to work on my sermon but I wanted to do this first. I just reread the last blog and I apologize for the omitted words. I was using the laptop on which the space bar sticks, typing using my head lamp for light (indispensable for reading in bed and finding my way to the lat...greatest attribute besides light is that it's hands free.)It's taken me a week but

mvseagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901576820998232173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-49126223017490838582009-05-22T22:06:00.004-05:002009-05-22T22:10:14.222-05:00

I received a phone message today from Debbie Smith from Lui. Apparently, the generator in Lui is down, so our team cannot blog or respond to e-mails. She wants us all to know this is why there are no blogposts from Lui today.Debbie hopes the generator will be repaired soon. I’m sure you join me in hoping that is true.

Lisa Foxnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-38823533531414279282009-05-21T22:25:00.003-05:002009-05-21T22:31:38.112-05:00

News from the “Home Team”I like Susan Naylor’s concept that we have a “Home Team” and an “Away Team” at this time in our relationship between the Dioceses of Lui and Missouri. Debbie, Jim, and Mary are the “Away Team” for now. They are doing marvelous work and relationship-building in Lui, and my prayers are with them almost without ceasing. Like many of you, I hit the LuiNotes and LuLuLui blogs

Lisa Foxnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-44158326659839553352009-05-21T08:39:00.003-05:002009-05-21T09:17:52.804-05:00

When Bishop Bullen said that we would be dancing to Wandi and Kediba, I should have been forewarned about our excursion to visit Wandi and to see the sorghum grinding mill in Kediba. It was like riding a mechanical bull ride in a Texas country and western bar for two hours. It was hot too. Jim, Debbie and I were accompanied by Stephen, Margaret, and Gordon, three of the pastors.In Wandi we were

mvseagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901576820998232173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-64942560625933194752009-05-19T21:43:00.004-05:002009-05-19T22:48:44.077-05:00

Several of you have asked how/why Susan Naylor was blocked from her flight to Africa. Here is her own story. I am posting this to the blog on her behalf. Please respond to her. It was a good plan. It could have worked. It should have worked. I should have been able to make the trip from my husband Earl's recital at St. Thomas Church in Manhattan to the Newark Airport with time to spare. Earl's

Lisa Foxnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-69369830463313148062009-05-19T08:48:00.002-05:002009-05-19T09:15:26.890-05:00

We've arrived. We're in Lui after much time in flying machines. All the air time was blessedly uneventful. All the luggage arrived with us. It's always a relief to see your bag approaching you on the carousel.The Missionary Aviation Fellowship guesthouse was simpole and very pleasant. The veranda looked out to the hills surrounding Kampala. Debbie and I went into Kampala in a car with a driver.

mvseagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901576820998232173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-85919430144072899102009-05-17T15:00:00.004-05:002009-05-17T15:05:45.271-05:00

Debbie Smith e-mailed me at 2:30 p.m. (CDT) that she, Jim Hinrichs, and Mary Seager have arrived safely in Kampala. They left St. Louis yesterday, shortly after noontime. This is a vivid reminder of just how far a journey this is; it takes about 24 hours of plane rides and transfers to reach Kampala. Tomorrow, Susan Naylor will arrive in Kampala, then they’ll be heading on a MAF plane into

Lisa Foxnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-68107139671915416342009-05-16T06:56:00.002-05:002009-05-16T07:15:42.171-05:00

The last post from the States. I don't really see myself using the public computers in Detroit Metro or Amsterdam or... I've tried that and they're mostly junk and by the time you've figured out their quirks, the money's run out. So God willing the next time I post it will be from Kampala and/or Lui.I passed the weight test, I hope. I'm going to repack and see what I can eliminate to get it

mvseagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07901576820998232173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23593806.post-78099544681104051522009-05-14T21:03:00.002-05:002009-05-14T21:37:21.456-05:00

"Pilgrimage is always about movement from head to heart." a Bishop of MassachusettsIt turns out that the journey between the head and the heart is very long and filled with the minutiae of travel, particularly foreign and to a truly far place. Each piece reveals yet another complexity and yet another mini journey branching off into a place only glimpsed.Much has to be

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