Names We Didn't Choose
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Names We Didn't Choose: Carried Clouds, Returning Doves.


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"Migration changes your address. Faith changes your destination." When Samuel Ssemaka leaves his pastoral ministry in Uganda for a new life in the United States, he expects opportunity, challenge, and God's guidance. What he does not expect is how much of himself-and his name-he will have to fight to keep. Boston is colder than he imagined, in weather and in welcome. A land of forms, deadlines, and "assessments" that test more than language skills. His children are asked if they drink lion's milk. His wife battles homesickness over tomatoes that "don't smell like real tomatoes." And Samuel learns that the hardest walls are not built of bricks, but of accents, assumptions, and invisibility. Through it all, the enigmatic Dr. Kabuuza-a voice from his past and a conscience in his present-challenges Samuel's motives, methods, and the very meaning of home. Encounters with fellow immigrants, worn-out neighbors, and a tireless Professor Ssaabakenkufu bring humor, resilience, and the kind of wisdom you cannot Google. Told with warmth, wit, and theological depth, Names We Didn't Choose explores: Identity in exile - What do you keep when everything changes? Faith in unfamiliar soil - How do you serve God in a land that doesn't know your name? Family under migration's pressure - The invisible toll on marriage, children, and community. Hope that crosses oceans - Why some roots grow deeper in foreign ground. For readers of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Yaa Gyasi, or Francine Rivers-and for anyone who has ever been called by a name they did not choose-this is a deeply human story about finding God, finding yourself, and finding home... even when you're still flying.



Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798297436183
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 140
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Carried Clouds, Returning Doves.
  • Width: 140 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8297436187
  • Publisher Date: 12 Aug 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Weight: 218 gr


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