{"id":1279,"date":"2012-11-29T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littworldonline.org\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2016-11-18T22:36:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T22:36:34","slug":"the-smiles-are-warm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/id\/the-smiles-are-warm\/","title":{"rendered":"The smiles are warm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Author Lillian Tindyebwa of Uganda engaged participants of her writing workshop at LittWorld with a model poem on the theme, \u201cGod is here.\u201d Her poem captures the devotion of assembled believers and the\u00a0rich beauty of the Kenyan landscape.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Kenya1.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Kenya1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>God Is Here<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The smiles are warm<br \/>\nLike the early morning sun<br \/>\nHandshakes are strong<br \/>\nLike the lions<br \/>\nOf Samburu<\/p>\n<p>Windows fling open<br \/>\nBy mesmerized<br \/>\nhands<br \/>\nAt dawn<br \/>\nSounds of bird songs<br \/>\nFill the rooms,<br \/>\nMingle with prayers<br \/>\nOf saints<\/p>\n<p>Under the blue and grey<br \/>\nSkies of Kenya<br \/>\nthey are gathered<br \/>\nFrom the ends of the earth<br \/>\nHe created<br \/>\nLeaves shake with<br \/>\nHis breath<br \/>\nWhispering assurances<br \/>\nOf His love to us all<br \/>\nGod is Here<\/p>\n<p>By Lillian Tindyebwa<br \/>\nUganda<\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration used by permission of\u00a0<a title=\"Croquis de voyages\" href=\"http:\/\/dimillotteblog.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Didier Millotte<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author Lillian Tindyebwa of Uganda engaged participants of her writing workshop at LittWorld with a model poem on the theme, \u201cGod is here.\u201d Her poem captures the devotion of assembled believers and the\u00a0rich beauty of the Kenyan landscape. 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