I praise the Lord for this new day that He has made here in Uganda! It's a beautiful sunny morning here on the veranda at breakfast...
There have been a number of developments since yesterday -- we've switched hotels (long story and not enough room here to explain), completed the first day of the business conference, and been dealing with Internet connection issues... So, this post is being done from my Blackberry... I'll update it with photos later... [UPDATE -- Here's the view from my room at the new hotel -- the Kampala Golf Course Hotel -- and, yes, that's the golf course 
through the trees -- Plus, on the left is a photo of the hotel itself -- that 's a revolving restaurant on top that we ate at on Thursday night]
There have been a number of developments since yesterday -- we've switched hotels (long story and not enough room here to explain), completed the first day of the business conference, and been dealing with Internet connection issues... So, this post is being done from my Blackberry... I'll update it with photos later... [UPDATE -- Here's the view from my room at the new hotel -- the Kampala Golf Course Hotel -- and, yes, that's the golf course 
through the trees -- Plus, on the left is a photo of the hotel itself -- that 's a revolving restaurant on top that we ate at on Thursday night] My single greatest impression from Day 1 of the conference is the desire of the African business people -- for more knowledge and to serve the Lord through their business... I was humbled by the number of young people who sought me out for advice -- guys and gals like Musoke and Florence and Ceasar and Gabriel and so many others (I'm not using last names, just as a precaution)... It was almost overwhelming... I was especially drawn to Ceasar, who is a civil engineer and has his own consulting practice here in Kampala... He sought me out late in the day on the advice of Timothy (who was like a proud
father all day) because of our common backgrounds -- we're going to talk more today and I may get the chance to see some of his projects. [UPDATE -- The photo on the right is of Cheryl Broetje from Washington state, with her NGO's executive director Glenn, and she talked about servant leadership -- I met Cheryl last fall at the PW conference in Michigan; she and her husband own the largest apple orchard in the world and have created a community for their "migrant" workers in Washington -- what a power message she gave about the "servant" model of leadership]I thank God for this opportunity to make an impact in the lives of these wonderful people! Their fire is just infectious!
Well, off to Day #2 of the conference...
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