{"id":106395,"date":"2018-11-19T00:59:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T07:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=106395"},"modified":"2018-11-09T11:26:24","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T18:26:24","slug":"so-heres-a-joyous-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2018\/11\/so-heres-a-joyous-story.html","title":{"rendered":"So Here’s a Joyous Story!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

One of my readers, Ross Earl Hoffman, knew a good thing when he saw it and married another of my readers, Fausta Nalubega.\u00a0 He\u2019s from Idaho.\u00a0 She live in Uganda and is magnificent saint leading a community of other saints.\u00a0 It\u2019s a marriage made possible by the internet and shared Catholic faith.<\/p>\n

So anyway, Ross has been pouring his energies into their marriage and into shuttling between the US and Uganda to help her apostolate with time, talent, and treasure.\u00a0 They are educating orphans, seeing to all sorts of medical needs for folks, caring for the poor, and just generally living out the Church of Acts in a beautiful way in this out of the way spot in Uganda.\u00a0 Plus, they are are a beautiful man and wife, a modern day Aquila and Priscilla.\u00a0 They give me so much hope!<\/p>\n

So the other day, he wrote me to tell me what\u2019s going on lately and I thought I would share it with all y\u2019all and include a little link so that you can have a chance to do a work of mercy for this splendid little Catholic community.\u00a0 Ross writes:<\/p>\n

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I just sunk about $30,000 into the compound!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Here\u2019s what it used to look like! LOL. BEFORE:<\/p>\n

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This is a before picture about three years ago! I took this picture:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This is the exact same spot within the last few days:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This is a before picture about three years ago! I took this picture:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This is the exact same spot within the last few days:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This is a before picture about three years ago! I took this picture:<\/div>\n
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And this is just the last few days:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Here\u2019s another before picture of that corner where you can see the water tank! This was taken about three years ago:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And finally now that you\u2019ve gotten kind of a look at the old days and what we\u2019ve got going on right now I\u2019ll leave you with our most recent pictures:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And here is a shot of Ross (behind) and Fausta (in front) with some of the gang:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And here is a link where you can donate to their work!<\/a> These people are the best! Please help if you can!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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One of my readers, Ross Earl Hoffman, knew a good thing when he saw it and married another of my readers, Fausta Nalubega.\u00a0 He\u2019s from Idaho.\u00a0 She live in Uganda and is magnificent saint leading a community of other saints.\u00a0 It\u2019s a marriage made possible by the internet and shared Catholic faith. 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