Luke graduated from medical school and matched at University of Utah for Orthopedic Surgery. Katuramu finished his internship, married Carol, worked some, had his first baby, earned a spot in the Kabarak University Family Medicine residency (master's) program. The Good Samaritan program continued half-sponsorship of Katuramu and the Kule Leadership fund the other half Luke received a nearly full scholarship for University and half-scholarship for medical school, as God continued to provide. As Luke began University in the USA, we drove Katuramu to various medical schools in Uganda until he was admitted. Katuramu's mother also died, and Luke walked over the mountains to be with him for the burial. Their paths would diverge and reconnect over the years as their friendship continued. Luke went to Kenya to board at Rift Valley Academy for two years instead of A level Katuramu completed A level in Uganda. Four years later when they sat for O levels, Katuramu was number one in the district, and Luke was number two. Both were relative outsiders, both were intense and competitive students active in math club and chess club, both were leaders in character and grace. As we began 2004, he seemed ready for the more focused science and math of CSB and for the needed peer interaction and sports. Luke spent his primary years at our team's Rwenzori Mission School, plus part-time in local Ugandan schools. He excelled throughout primary school and the program decided to send him to Christ School Bundibugyo for secondary. A neighbor noticed that he was bright and eager and hard-working and recommended a primary school started in association with Serge missionaries and Ugandan church leaders, which included a Good Samaritan sponsorship program. Katuramu's father died before he was born, and his widowed, older mother struggled to educate him. Luke had grown up in Bundibugyo for those 11 years, and Katuramu across the mountains east in Fort Portal. Luke was 11, about to turn 12, and Katuramu was a few years older. These two young men met as Senior One students (middle school equivalent) in January 2004.
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