Today on my daily blog troll I discovered a link to Paradox Uganda… So firstly thanks to the Ugandan Insomniac for posting it. Anyway, I was reading about the Ebola outbreak and all the fear and misinformation that is swirling around. The Blogren is doing a good job talking about this by the way. To me, all the way over hear in the US, Ebola has been a big scary monster… reason A#1 to avoid Africa. Every movie, news report designed to make you petrified to set foot in Africa for fear of hemorrhaging to death. This from a gal that spent her childhood in Central America… not exactly a germ-free zone ya know? So, Paradox Uganda… whose “about” reads as follows…

We are a pair of docs in working in Africa … Paradox: “A seemingly absurd proposition which when explained may prove to be true”– Oxford English Dictionary. Dying that we might live. Becoming poor that we might be rich. Strong in our weakness. Joyful despite our suffering. Sinners, yet saints. Apparent contradictions, but core truths. 

… are in the heart of the epidemic. Doctors who just happen to be in the center of the storm. They count the dead, report the well, comment on their community and what is happening to it. The Doctors’ reports make the outreak real; all the more tragic; bring it into perspective and bring it to life in a way that news reports can’t and don’t. Dr. Jennifer Myhre is particularly eloquent when it comes to the death of personal friend Dr. Jonah Kule. The tears flow, but how else can one honor the dead? Well today, she brought him to life for me so I could mourn him with her… Thank you Doctors’ Myhre for what you are doing now, what you have been doing quietly for some time now, and everything you will do in the future. Thank you.