 | 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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| The night that the lights went out in Gulu
2009-06-25, Gulu District, Uganda. By: servant | | Gulu has been running on generators for about 3 days now; the town is on the same grid. It's pretty amusing to walk through town and hear the humming of the machines. The house has been out of power... |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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