 | Final Gulu Day
2009-07-10, Gulu District, Uganda. By: servant | | So we leave Gulu tomorrow at 10am - it's overcast today and cool, how appropriate and I am hoping that it is the same tomorrow for our 7 hour drive to Jinja. We don't raft and bungee tomorrow, rather... |
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| To Continue
2009-07-08, Gulu District, Uganda. By: servant | | I was wondering last night during dinner with Angeline as I was picking up a plastic chair at Acholi Inn to join us at the table, that I have no issue with leaving. As I have mentioned before I have ... |
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| Ladies, Please
2009-07-08, Gulu District, Uganda. By: servant | | I forgot to mention one other fabulous essence of the conference - John Magee (from Group 2, nicknamed Big John as he is 6'11") and I facilitated a basketball workshop for girls that Saturday morning.... |
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| T.I.A.
2009-07-06, Gulu District, Uganda. By: servant | | Well, the conference went rather well - Keyo did a GREAT presentation; we incorporated 2 skits and a powerpoint (as we found a projector at the IC offices and had a blank wall) - our teachers were rea... |
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| Dinosaurs and bugs
2009-06-30, Gulu District, Uganda. By: servant | | The past few days have been an adventure to say the least! On Saturday I "led" the second group of teachers (they arrived 2 weeks after our group, there are 18 of them) on the Rhino Sanctuary trip. ... |
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 | Internet Problems
2009-06-24, Jinja, Uganda. By: lcurtis | | Hello everyone,
Well the house's internet hasn't been working here for about a day and a half. Right now I'm in town at an internet cafe to check my email, but I just wanted to check up and let peo... |
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| On-Call
2009-06-24, Gulu District, Uganda. By: servant | | It is no wonder that there is such waiting in Africa
Arrivals
Departures
Programs that may never happen
Minutes are moments that last into maybes
While we sit on exteriors of post-colonialisms, c... |
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| 3rd and Final monitoring
2009-06-22, Jinja, Uganda. By: lcurtis | | First off, I'd like to say that I feel 100% better today. PTL.
Secondly, We finally finished with the baby monitorings!!! Phew. I know that doing all these shifts were necessary for the babies' he... |
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| Choices
2009-06-22, Gulu District, Uganda. By: servant | | This past week has flown by and yet goes so slowly when one is in it. I taught with Angeline all week. She teaches three S2 English courses (think about 8th/9th grade). These classes are 80 minutes... |
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 | Last Sunday in Africa
2009-06-21, Jinja, Uganda. By: lcurtis | | It's crazy that starting now, everything I do will be my "last_____". Today was Ashley and I's last Sunday here. I was feeling a lot better when I woke up this morning, which is completely a gift from... |
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| Somehow, I knew this was coming
2009-06-21, Jinja, Uganda. By: lcurtis | | Some of you may have noticed that yesterday I didn't post any journal entries, and the reason for that is I came down with a nasty bug around 8:00pm here Friday night.
I'm still not exactly sure wh... |
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| Inky Dinky
2009-06-19, Jinja, Uganda. By: lcurtis | | Reading the title of this entry, probably about 4, maybe 5 of you will have any idea what the heck I am talking about. But I'll explain :)
When Matt, Julie and I were little, Mom would always sing ... |
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 | Monitoring #2- Baby B!
2009-06-18, Jinja, Uganda. By: lcurtis | | Hello everyone,
I hope everything is great where you are. Nice of you to stop by my blog...
Haha anyway! This morning Ashley, Annelise, and I did our monitor shift in Baby B from 6am-noon. It w... |
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 | "Blogging.... Blog on"
2009-06-17, Jinja, Uganda. By: lcurtis | | Hello everyone!
I'm sorry this entry won't be a very long/complete one, because we had a long day here and I'm just now getting onto my computer for more than a few minutes.... and it's almost 10:3... |
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| Rain. (no, not Manhattan thunderstorms...)
2009-06-17, Jinja, Uganda. By: lcurtis | | This morning, shortly after I woke up, it started to rain here. It was wonderful. There's something about the rains, that energizes and refreshes the soul.
Nothing like waking up to the rain.
"I ... |
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 | Monitoring #1
2009-06-16, Jinja, Uganda. By: lcurtis | | First of all, I would just like to say..... BOY is it hot here.
Not so much the temperature outside, even though that can get really hot too, but it's the whole "no airconditioning" thing, when you... |
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 | Nkwagala ( "In-Kwa-Gah-Lah")
2009-06-15, Jinja, Uganda. By: lcurtis | | Everyday I continue to learn little bits and pieces of Lugandan. The first few (ironically) so far have been "sitica", "susu", "kaka", "tula", and "jangu"- be quiet, potty, poop, sit, and come. But to... |
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| Welcome to the East
2009-06-15, Gulu District, Uganda. By: servant | | A few notes:
Angeline is well - she visited her midwife and is better. Saturday I spent the afternoon at her house with her two boys and we had lunch and then I took her into market to have a dress ... |
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| Kampala... first and last trip?
2009-06-14, Kampala, Uganda. By: lcurtis | | Well today was the volunteer's day off. And if you read yesterday's blog, 5 of us headed to Kampala for a day of travel, shopping and church. At 8:00, we were picked up by our driver, Wilson. He was s... |
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 | Great day.
2009-06-13, Jinja, Uganda. By: lcurtis | | Today was a fantastic day.
However, I will start this off with noting that I just wrote the longest blog yet and then on my closing sentence I hit backspace without being in a text box and it went ... |
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 | No blog tonight.... sorry!
2009-06-12, Jinja, Uganda. By: lcurtis | | Today was extreeeeemely busy here at Amani and for dinner we were ushered over to a friend of the orphanage director's house for dinner, just got back (9:00).
And since I've had some sleeping troubl... |
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 | Helloooooooo toddlers.
2009-06-11, Jinja, Uganda. By: lcurtis | | You know, some people just have hearts for certain things. Some have a heart for the elderly, some have a heart for AIDS victims, some have a heart for those who are physically/mentally disabled, etc.... |
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 | Getting into the flow
2009-06-10, Jinja, Uganda. By: lcurtis | | Muli Mutya!
Well today wasn't too much of an exciting day, which honestly is probably going to be like most of the days of the week, but regardless it was a great day in East Africa. Started the da... |
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| My least favorite
2009-06-10, Gulu District, Uganda. By: servant | | So, I believe I have not yet shared my most unfavorite part of this cultural exchange: the pit latrine. Let us just say that I would rather pee in the woods than go to the pit latrine. Here is how i... |
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 | Su-su.... and lots of it
2009-06-09, Jinja, Uganda. By: lcurtis | | Hello friends!
Well, today was the first full day Ashley and I got to work with the kids. Volunteers are placed in two shifts, an 8am-1pm and a 4pm-7pm shift. Today I was with the "baby B" group, w... |
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| Even So
2009-06-09, Gulu District, Uganda. By: servant | | Where did I leave us last? It is currently Tuesday, a public holiday - Heroes Day and so we have no school. We met our teachers Friday night - I am working with Angwech Angeline - she is fabulous an... |
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 | First day in Jinja!
2009-06-08, Jinja, Uganda. By: lcurtis | | Winston Churchill nick-named Uganda "the Pearl of Africa" because of how lush and beautiful it was. I believe it.
It's so beautiful here. Today Ashley and I went into town for the first time. First S... |
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| We made it!
2009-06-08, Jinja, Uganda. By: lcurtis | | Hello everyone!
Well, after around 40 hours of traveling and 2 creepy men later, we finally arrived at the Entebbe airport in Uganda last night around 12:00am. Supposed to arrive at 8:15, our fligh... |
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| So Nice
2009-06-05, Gulu District, Uganda. By: servant | | I will write more soon this weekend (If my grammar becomes ugly, note that I am in Uganda with different English constructions and it becomes so so nice) - I sound hilarious! I am safely in Gulu in M... |
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 | Thoughts on a City called Kampala
2009-06-02, Kampala, Uganda. By: aw80sa | | Today I walked. First I took a taxi into the city, then I walked. I alone for the first time. Like a single granule of salt tossed into a pepper shaker, so also I found myself as I emerged into the bu... |
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| Beyond Tired
2009-06-01, Kampala, Uganda. By: servant | | So we got into Uganda safely this morning at 720 local time. Phoenix is 10 hours behind, so technically I am writing from the future! Once we landed and got our visas (I met up with my peeps in a Lon... |
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| chapatis and samosas
2009-05-29, Kampala, Uganda. By: aw80sa | | Kyle has been here almost a week and on average he will tell us he is leaving early about 4 times a day. In reality, his sarcasm is overshadowed by his enthusiasm to "rough it and sleep under a tree."... |
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 | Oli Otya
2009-05-24, Mubende District, Uganda. By: melpessin | | Well well well, it looks like its finally time for me to write in this silly travel journal. I want to warn you all that this post is not exceptionally exciting or well written. Read at your own ris... |
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| My life as a Metaphor
2009-05-22, Kampala, Uganda. By: aw80sa | | At the time of my last post I was happy to say that I was doing well compared to many on the team. Well, unfortunately for me, that all changed. My health has swirled down the toilet rapidly. For the ... |
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| Some have the runs
2009-05-18, Kampala, Uganda. By: aw80sa | | It's been 2 weeks now and the sickness is finally coming. As I sit here, I am coughing uncontrollably but overall, I feel pretty good. My cough is nothing serious, in fact, I am one of the lucky ones.... |
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| The God's Must Be Crazy
2009-05-10, Kampala, Uganda. By: aw80sa | | I made it!
I do not have much time to write as I have a meeting shortly and Sam still needs to use the computer. Here are some highlights thus far:
We ate at a pub for dinner in downtown London.... |
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 | Lake Victoria and Mbarara
2009-04-20, Mbarara, Uganda. By: RyanEmily | | Hi Everyone!
We are now in a little town called Mbarara - somewhere we had never planned on going to but due to a couple problems, we had to make an impromptu stop here for a couple days before we ... |
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 | The Day of Goodbyes
2009-04-02, Bujagali Falls, Uganda. By: ki62528 | | It seems odd to start a travel journal on a day when I said goodbye to many of the people I've met here and been hanging out with. It's certainly a downer but more people will come and more people wil... |
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 | The Islands of Lake Victoria
2008-07-28, Lake Victoria, Uganda. By: rochellep | | We spent 4 nights at Osanidde Orphanage in tents under a gazebo because the cabins that were supposed to house us were infested with bats. Go figure. It wasn’t bad at all though because of the air c... |
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| Bussi Island, Uganda
2008-07-23, Bussi Island, Uganda. By: rochellep | | By the end of our time with Pastor Timothy the team had been through so many new experiences. We knew we would have a day off when we reached our next destination and we were ready for it! The next ... |
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| Uganda the Beginning
2008-07-18, Katosi, Uganda. By: rochellep | | We spent 18 days in Uganda and so much happened while we were there. The first four days of our time in Uganda was spent in a fishing village by Lake Victoria called Katosi with a man named Timothy K... |
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| Update From Uganda
2008-07-18, Entebbe, Uganda. By: rochellep | | Hey guys....life is going so great here in Africa. We serve an amazing God!!
Our blog has been updated if you would like to check it out to hear more specific stories.
Here is the website.. [u... |
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