This is You and Me and Everyone We Know, a podcast we’re all making together. Whether you are listening right now or you are a guest on this podcast, you are part of a community. You are not alone.

Today, we’re talking to Joseph in Kampala, Uganda. Joseph and I met in Uganda in 2013. We worked for the same humanitarian organization, but my desk was in Minneapolis, and his was in Kyangwali Refugee Settlement. We had no idea then that we would work together across Uganda, doing some of the most meaningful work of our lives. We had no idea we would become dear, dear friends. 

Joseph and I became fathers at the same time. He and his wife Oliver welcomed two daughters into the world in recent years. I LOVE getting to see pictures of them growing up. And yesterday Joseph jumped on the phone with me after a grueling 4 hour trip through Kampala traffic to sit with his girls and tell me how coronavirus is just starting to effect them. And to remind me that Uganda has been through so many, many epidemics. I was grateful to hear what he’s learned from those experiences. 

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Thanks for listening! And thank you Joseph for connecting with me and with everyone listening. If YOU want to be part of this podcast go to heybrentlove.com and tap coronavirus podcast on the menu or find me on Instagram @ heybrentlove.

A Humanitarian in Uganda --- Joseph

You and Me and Everyone We Know is an audio diary made by everyday people living through the coronavirus pandemic. In today's episode we talk bands streaming music from the Texas Hill Country, the spiritual connection between an audience and a performer, and freshwater snorkeling. We also talk about how contagious kindness and love can be, and how refugees have so much to teach the world about how to hold onto hope in our worst days.

Thanks for listening! And thank you Angela, Sunny and Marian for connecting with all of us. If feel like someone you know might feel comforted by hearing how everyday people are getting through these tough days, please share this podcast with them. And if YOU, dear listener, want to be part of this podcast go to heybrentlove.com and tap coronavirus podcast on the menu or find me on Instagram @heybrentlove.

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This is an audio diary made by everyday people living through the coronavirus pandemic. If you'd like to be part of this project and share your story, please visit this link: https://heybrentlove.com/you-and-me-and-everyone-we-know-coronavirus-isolation-podcast/

A Humanitarian in Uganda --- Joseph

You and Me and Everyone We Know

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