Thursday, June 25, 2009





We finally got a photo of the boda bodas! These are quite fun to ride on the back of. Although with no helmets, I would never try these in Kampala! But it's a nice ride on the dirt road past all the banana plants and greenery. It takes about 5 minutes to ride from town to the orphanage.

The quality of the photos has been reduced when I resized them so that they wouldn't clog up all the time on the computer. The actual photos are much better quality so I'll upload them when I get home in 5 weeks.

There are some new little goats at the orphanage, very cute photo with this little guy (the most adorable kid on the planet!).

There are a lot of misconceptions people here have of muzungus. We've had quite a few people try to befriend us in order to get our support for their organisation or help them get to Australia. You have to politely say no in a suttle way! It does get tiring answering all the "how are you" every 5 seconds when you go for a walk, but I do love the friendly atmosphere that is here. The people are very friendly and a lot of fun. But there are some things about this culture that are confusing and I will probably never really understand.

There's a lot of corruption in Uganda and so many fake organisations where people have set up a website and have been donated all this money which they then use for themselves to buy a new car or house. So you do have to be careful.

Gosh there's so much to write and so many different thoughts. I am very excited about going to Gulu on Saturday. That is where my biggest passion is.

I think this trip I am really learning what it means to trust God and depend on him for all the strength and joy and love that you need to do this work. I can't do it without God. And with him, it becomes so so worth it. I seriously wouldn't want to live for anything else because he is too amazing for words! I am learning how beautiful he really is that he cares so much about how we feel and the things we go through.

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