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Category: Uganda
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ok. so Mac Word just ate my blog. Here's the short version: late startp pick up Amos 🙂 craft market mall pizza Pastor Peters house packing Tomorrow-Buloba. Love those people there. My heart may be largely part of Africa but my stomache regretfully remains American-miss Cheese. Miss Gatorade. Enough Water-usually water with lemon, a…
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I have a little time so let me take a minute to give you a little reality check on being in Africa. Things don’t always go as planned. As I have previously shared I have been pretty unprepared. Today I was ready. Granola Bar in case I got hungry. Tennis shoes to stay out of…
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Today the plan was to go to the hospital for an appt. Sarah had. We left around 9 and got there around 930. By 10am I was fighting the worst sleepiness i have had in awhile. As I read the paper Patrick bought I kept nodding off. Come to realize this morning when i grabbed…
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No we did not buy a fat pig… I made it to Entebbe airport last night after a long day on a plane. Turns out our plane went to Kigali, Rwanda to let off some folks and pick up new ones. And as we taxied out to the runway they discovered an empty seat with…
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I thought i would post a list of prayer requests before I actually get on a plane to Uganda. I sat in the airport in Atlanta right as they were getting ready to board the plane and got a little overwhelmed. I realized I was alone. No team. Just me. Going to Africa. To figure…
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Had to share from the Oastvalls web page. The video story of Gwen getting Joseph and Daisy in Jinja. So sweet so amazing. But part 2 is what floored me. Yep, heart overwhelmed out my eyeballs. All the kids there in the community. Unfed and in need. Makes my heart break that the body of…
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I follow along on quite a few blogs (it's easier with Google Reader- it shows up when they have updated and you don't have to actually GO to the page and see that there has been NOTHING updated in forever!) Anyway. I wanted to share this- because it made my heart well up and overflow…
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It has come to my attention that my some of my Ugandan peeps are coming to town next month. The Mwangaza Childrens Choir will be here March 27th. And little Simon from Buloba is in the choir (so I have heard). Sorry I don't have a picture here of him. (I don't have a picture in…
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I don't know if I adequately expressed my amazement and thankfulness regarding my team mates that went on the May trip. And I didn't get a chance to link to Catherine Wise and Lauren Bond's pages, so let me do that now. Catherine is a student at Alabama (yeah, she begged me to come…
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So, we got to receive African names this week- here they are. We are honored to have them. And to have them chosen by our Ugandan friends. Lauren- Mirembe which means peace Jordan- Kirungi which means good thing Catherine- Sanye which means joy, happiness, gladness Amanda- Kirabo which means gift, a present Andi- Namusoke which…