The Words of the Beard Family  The Missionary Road - An East
African Story  David Beard November 2007  "The Last King of
Scotland," a fictional movie that takes great liberties with
Ugandan history during Idi Arvin's dictatorship was the initial
inspiration for this article. Space constraints narrowed its
focus to the activities of early missionaries. The first person
I spoke to worked in Uganda long after Amin had fled, but
epitomized a missionary's heart.  Asking Dr. Colette Takigawa
how she and her husband ended up in Uganda produced a laugh and
a brief answer. "Rev. Kwak," she said. "It was Rev. Kwak's
desire, so we just went. Simple! Our faith was very simple. Both
my husband and I were like that."  In fact, the couple had
already worked in other African countries and it would seem
destiny had connected Colette with Africa at an even earlier
stage. Before joining what is now FFWPU, she had gone on summer
holiday there with a friend. They had gone to Burkina Faso (then
known as Upper Volta) and from there