Editor's Note: I believe, at this point, it is impossible to be
an organization with field operations in Uganda to avoid
discussing our work in that country and our role in helping
rehabilitate families affected by the conflict between the
Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Allied Democratic Forces–both
insurgent groups–and the Ugandan government. Over the next
several days, we'll talk here about our work with families in
northern Uganda and share stories from families who have gone
from being victims of the conflict to thriving in what is
actually a very fertile part of the world.  Original story by
freelance writer Christian DeVries. Photos by Russell Powell,
courtesy of Heifer International.  Mr. Olum George Patrick was
born on his grandfather's land, just two and a half miles from
where he lives now. He left his family's land in 1980 and
purchased his own land in 1985 in Peya, Gulu District.  Olum
George Patrick in his garden.  But trouble started for the Olum
family in 1986. George Patrick was a tanner by tra