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About Life and Uganda

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Fred has written a very good little book about the experiences of a short term missionary in Uganda. It brought back many memories of my own time in Uganda. It also shared many principles of life and faith that are helpful in my daily walk with the Lord.

Having visited Uganda a number of times in the past 10 years, I highly recommend reading "About Life and Uganda" by Fred Lybrand. If you're looking for a tourist guide that enumerates the sites to see, skip this book. But if you'd like insight into the beautiful people in the many villages of the Pearl of Africa (Uganda), how they live their daily lives and how they are just like people all around the world, you'll cherish this book. It taught me much about the people of Uganda, but even more about life. The jewels within it shine far beyond the boundaries of this amazing East African country.

To conclude that the author knows nothing about Uganda is to stand firmly on the side of ignorance and error. We have even used the book as a shared resource with our Ugandan translators on our mission trips. It resonates with African and American hearts alike.

While reading "About Life and Uganda" I felt as if I were there again, taking in the sights, sounds, and smells. Mr Lybrand's descriptions are delightfully real and exactly as I remember Uganda during my own times there on short term mission trips. The book is not only about the country and the people, but about practical as well as deep spiritual lessons learned. The book is absolutely inspiring.

This book wonderfully explains what it's like to be a short term missionary in Uganda. Reading it reminded me of all the "Oh, yeah!" and "Aha!" moments I've had while helping to plant churches there over the past 10 years, and during my journey these 20+ years with the Lord. As I'm preparing to return again soon, it was great to reread it and be reminded of one of Mr. Lybrand's points: Limits Yield Intensity. I highly recommend this little book to anyone considering a short term missions opportunity to Uganda or elsewhere, and who is interested in having their thinking stretched.

Great book to read in preparation for a mission trip to Uganda. Lybrand is a very insightful, ingelligent man of God.

I did not care for this book. It is not about Uganda. I searched in vain for some indication that the author knew something about this unique country. I have concluded that he, in this book, exhibits no knowledge of Uganda.

I was disappointed and feel that the title is quite misleading.