Paul, the challenger ~ The Wamulangas

Paul, the challenger of challenges.

My first meeting with Paul aka Coach Paul, was in 2004 at a Ugandan event. He asked me whether I was interested in playing soccer.  Many of my Atlanta Cranes team mates already know what my response was. However, I pointed out the two road blocks that would deter us from playing the game: a venue & team mates. I never realized that I was talking to someone whose mind had no road blocks. 

The following Saturday, we met at a Roswell park. There, we found a group of Mexicans playing soccer. It was clear that outsiders were not welcomed because of the locked gates.  Paul said, " Richard, it looks like these guys won't let us in. Let's jump over this fence." And we did just that!  I encouraged two of my good friends: Mr. Romeo Rwambaisire & Mr. Joseph Kizito to join us. We played soccer every Saturday in Lithonia until I moved to Houston, Texas on 2006. When I returned to Atlanta in 2009, Atlanta Cranes had been born.

Besides being a soccer lover,  Paul as a loving dad. "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old; he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6.  Paul did just that. Towards the end of last year, he brought his son, Solomon to my workshop. He instructed him to interview me on how I ran the Company. He advised him to be industrious, to be a giver; and never a beggar. Yes! Paul lived by example.

Winnie and I are happy to have met you. We say thank you for being part of our wedding  fundraiser event,  even if it was only a few days after your surgery; your generous contribution; stepping in as MC and auctioning the Portrait that you donated to us; encouraging us during the most trying times of our lives; and helping the less fortunate kids in Uganda to gain access to reading materials. 

We will never forget you Paul.

The Wamulangas

Atlanta, GA USA