It’s been a really long time since we were here. Last year
presented so many challenges that I had to drop some things in order to find a
new balance. Unfortunately this blog suffered. anyway i'm back And boy! were the cobwebs on this page humongous. they’re not here anymore in case you’re
an arachnophobe.
Since that time I managed
to fill my days with tons of activities and books, some of which kept me away from
this place, anyhow a darling friend told me how much the few articles I put up
here were an interesting read so I made I promise that I would resume writing this year just so someone can benefit and be
blessed by the articles. Malwi you're my inspiration
Before I post anything, I’d like to give updates on the
stuff that has happened since I was last here, I’m now in my fifth year of
medical school in the wonderful city of Odessa Ukraine, the students group that
I lead, in this city is beginning to show better signs of vitality, and we’ll
be hosting the entire country, at the international medical students conference
this October 23rd-25th(pray for us). Ukraine has in the last few
months gone through a bloody upheaval that has led to the loss of over 60
lives, as I write this some calm has returned to the polity, and reports today say
that a Baptist pastor has been appointed interim president, and elections are
slated for May 25th. Please don’t stop praying for Ukraine.
In less traumatic news, in the first week of February this year I attended
a delegates conference organized by the Christian Medical Fellowship in London.
It was an absolutely unforgettable experience it was easily the most unforgettable
two weeks of medical school for me, till the time of writing this. There were
times of studying the word with a depth and robustness that I have missed since
the days of my first degree, then there was the experience of people speaking English
in the streets: the only way you will appreciate that is if you live in a place
where your mother tongue is heard in snatches on the bus 3 times a year for the
first time in a long time I could pick up conversations of people around me while listening passively. The only thing that could come close to that for satisfaction, would probably
involve me, immersing my gastronomic proclivities in a celebration of culinary excellence
that featured lots of meat and more meat. I had the unique opportunity to meet with
young medical students that love the lord, and were sharing the travails of
medical school, it was an awesome experience, I made tons of new friends and
some special ones too who knows…?
As part of the program, we visited the British museum
with a
Christian archaeologist/theologian or historian (not too sure of his discipline) Jay smith, and I gained
an invaluable lesson that even though until then I had accepted the bible as
the infallible word of God, there were irrefutable evidences of its veracity that
would stand even the most rigorous academic inquest, should the urge to question its accuracy arise.
Several archaeological discoveries like the liitle drum in the picture above,were there that
reinforced the truth of the most minute details of the bible (not that it needed reinforcing). The Bible
is indeed the infallible word of God, as against other religious holy books
without a single piece of physical evidence to back them up even though they were waaay younger
that the bible. I took the time to visit my club Arsenal FC's stadium in London. and i took some pics with some of the wonderful people that i met.
In the next few days/posts I will be talking about a lot of
the various lessons that I have learnt about life, love, relationships my study
of the bible and my opinions about events that are happening around me.
till the next post... ciao
