This is my favorite photo of Dr. Guimon. Taken near the end of our last trip, on a boat coming back from Murchison Falls. His face captures here how much of himself he put into the work he did in Uganda. At that time, the Guimons had been under a…
Dr. Guimon always carried a great big huge cup of water around with him. It was one of his trademarks. Back before he went to Uganda, Dr. Pepper was his drink of choice. This picture epitomizes a lot of what Dr. G was about. The huge cup and his posture…
Dr. Guimon used to spend time sitting on the unfinished floor of what is now the Girls Dormitory on the property of the orphanage he helped start. He would look out and think and plan what needed to be done next. While I was over there back in May/June, I’d…
We went to a wedding while we were there, and there was food being prepared for the 100-200 people there. Here, Dr. Guimon is expressing his feelings about a particular Ugandan delicacy called Offals, which are, incidently real offals.
Dr. Guimon liked to eat at Cafe Amigo’s for breakfast, just to be alone and think sometimes. Pastor and I went with him one morning while we were there, to talk about the plans for the classes and discuss things. I always felt privilged to be with the two of…
Dr. Guimon really did love those kids and took time to chat with each of them when he was around. The building behind him is the property kitchen and the children were eating supper. Dr. Guimon gave them the same kind of attention that he gave all the kids he…
After breakfast on the day we arrived, we stopped to see Captain Mike Mukula, the Ugandan Minister of Health. He wanted to meet us. Dr. Guimon knew him and had worked with him some to help the people around Soroti. The other man in the photo, in the background, is…
Taken on my second trip, at a hotel where we had breakfast, in Kampala. Dr. Guimon took some time to relax briefly while we toured the place.
