From the Anglican Church of Canada. (I didn't think that Canada and Uganda were in communion any longer)
Full of hearty laughter, the Rev. Canon Paul Jeffries spoke to staff at the Anglican Church of Canada's national office last week about his work as principal of Bishop McAllister College, Kyogyera in southwestern Uganda. The former Volunteer in Mission (VIM) from the Diocese of Fredericton is celebrating 10 years of unusual, passionate ministry.
It's a ministry that includes running 10 km races alongside gangly teenagers.
But to back up: the story began many years ago when Mr. Jeffries was serving at a parish in rural New Brunswick. He remembers he was on his day off, contentedly reading the newspaper, when his bishop called. Startled, Mr. Jeffries asked, "What's wrong?" but the answer wasn't bad news, only an encouragement to serve in the companion diocese of Eldoret, Kenya.
After lots of prayer, some chats with former VIMs, and a sudden case of adventurousness, Mr. Jeffries went to Kenya for a year, where he said he "caught the Africa bug." He then returned to Canada to discern his vocation and eventually settled on a teaching placement at Bishop McAllister College.
The rest is here.
http://news.anglican.ca/news/stories/2044
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