This is a verse I keep thinking of but could never remember where it was:
…work our your salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. -Philippians 2:12-13
To me "work out your salvation" is a reminder that we should [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2007’
VOTD: Phillippians 2
VOTD: Proverbs 16:19
It is better to be of a lowly spirit among the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.
-Proverbs 16:19
Feeling a little despondent about my relationship with God and my lack of engagement with the bible over the past few years, I’ve made a resolution to select and post a verse each day to [...]
VOTD: Phillipians 1:3-11
For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. -Phillipians 1:6
And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve the things that are [...]
Staying Wired via Wireless
One of my (many) projects here was to set up GPRS for my multitude of smartphones. Out of the array I brought with me to Africa, I selected four to bring to Ghana, picking that number so I would have two and each of Paul and Rowena could use one. The finalists: my trusty personal [...]
Unite for Sight Call for Abstracts
http://uniteforsight.org/conference/2008/abstracts.php
Unite for Sight is a health conference held every April. It’s an interesting gathering of people from a large number of backgrounds doing international health and development, and although it has a focus on eyecare, it incorporates numerous tracks and presentations on other aspects of International Health as well. Last year, Sonesh did a presentation [...]
Solar Power and Mbarara Update
It’s been a busy couple of weeks, with not nearly enough access to internet cafes!
This week I am back in Mbarara, currently using the computer science lab (which is empty because the students are all doing exams now), but also meeting with various professors here (again!) and working with Ben and Richard on the Smartphones [...]
Of Government Meetings and Snazzy Powerpoint Animations
The culmination of our many many meetings was our presentations to the Ministry of Health and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nakaseke district. (Although admittedly the MP meeting was a bit of a surprise, so a bit extemporaneous.) We had been spending our evenings in Luwero (the town near Nakaseke where we were staying) [...]
