 | 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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| 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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 | 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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 | 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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 | 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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 | 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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 | Grade 5 Rapids!!
2007-10-20, Jinja, Uganda. By: sdell | | We left Kampala at 7am on a bus for Jinja. On the way we picked up about 30 other people and arrived about 10am.
Within 30 minutes of being there we were kitted up and in a raft with our guide “Big... |
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 | Final Days in Uganda
2007-07-23, Jinja, Uganda. By: becochris | | First of all I must start off by saying sorry that I haven't written in forever. I guess after you start leaving somewhere for a while the day to day things all start running together, but that doesn'... |
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| Springs of Hope
2007-06-30, Jinja, Uganda. By: becochris | | Hi everyone...i wrote this a few days ago but i had problems loading it but here it is: a little update...blessings to you all!!!
Hello to all from Jinja! Well Becky and I are settling to life as w... |
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 | mangos at the source of Nile!
2007-01-08, Jinja, Uganda. By: Baniebear | | well day 9 sees Clare and I still in Jinja, still no bag for Anna, and still very much enjoying Uganda and the beautiful people who call this country home. Clare and I are now getting very used to bei... |
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 | Headlocks in The
2006-08-08, Jinja, Uganda. By: catmo79 | | Here's what I've been up to my last days in Uganda. Tuesday I was picked up in the morning by the team. When they arrived I was saying my goodbyes to everyone and Mr. Ngobi was making sure I was taken... |
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| Shell Suit Party
2006-08-06, Jinja, Uganda. By: catmo79 | | So when Mr. Ngobi said 6:00 he meant 6:00 African time, but I didn't know that so I made sure that I was there a few minutes before 6:00 and then I sat there and waited. And waited. And waited. Finall... |
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| What's Your 20%?
2006-08-01, Jinja, Uganda. By: catmo79 | | It's been awhile since I've been able to write because of the computers here, but I've been having a good time. I think the last time I wrote was Tuesday so I'll start there.
Tuesday night Tonia an... |
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| And the Award for best actress goes to me!
2006-08-05, Jinja, Uganda. By: catmo79 | | And the award for best actress goes to...ME!!! And my prize is...things that were rightfully mine in the first place, and hopefully a pile of money in the next few hours (also rightfully mine). Yes, t... |
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| Hope you can swim!
2006-07-31, Jinja, Uganda. By: catmo79 | | Yesterday I went to feed babies in the morning and then put my love of organizing things to work! There is a small store room where all the baby clothes are kept. It is always very annoying when you w... |
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| Very Scary Night
2006-07-22, Jinja, Uganda. By: catmo79 | | Last night I had one of the scariest moments of my life. I was fast asleep
when I woke up to the sounds of someone trying to break into my room! I
don't remember the last time I was so scared. I rea... |
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| Me, a Movie Star!?
2006-07-21, Jinja, Uganda. By: catmo79 | | I forgot to tell you something so funny - I got asked to be in a movie! I just remembered because the man who asked me just came in to see if I can start filming tomorrow! I'm going to be in a differe... |
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| Almost got Robbed at the Agriculture Fair!
2006-07-21, Jinja, Uganda. By: catmo79 | | I can't really remember where I left off last time but I think it was Thursday night so that is where i will start today. Thursday night was our going away dinner for Peter and Sarah. It's amazing how... |
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| Homesick! What's this all about?!
2006-07-20, Jinja, Uganda. By: catmo79 | | Wow, homesickness sunk in today big time, but I've decided to get over it,
so hopefully positive thinking will just make it go away! Wish me luck!I
think I'm getting homesick because although the da... |
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| Taking Babies out on the Town!
2006-07-18, Jinja, Uganda. By: catmo79 | | I started this email last night and the power was cutting in and out and I
couldn't save my work, but I was saving it along the way on notepad and was going to try sending it to my gmail account, but... |
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| First Days in Africa
2006-07-16, Jinja, Uganda. By: catmo79 | | Let's try this again!
Hopefully the power won't go out in the next little while, but i'll try to
keep this short in case it does! I left off last email with no luggage.
After waiting in line for a ... |
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| No Luggage for me
2006-07-14, Jinja, Uganda. By: catmo79 | | I hope you are all enjoying your summer. My days in Africa so far have been wonderful! I had a crazy time at the airport though! I only had an hour in between my flight to Kenya and Uganda, which real... |
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 | i made it, but my luggage didn't!
2006-07-12, Jinja, Uganda. By: catmo79 | | Just wanted to let you know I'm safe and sound, minus my luggage! I might be stuck in Kampala untl my luggage shows up, but this is a good place to be stuck! I staying in a very beautiful guest house,... |
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| Lost in London!
2006-07-14, Jinja, Uganda. By: catmo79 | | I love London! I have had sucha fun day here and now I have finally found my way back to the airport after being lost becaue I got on a wrong boat! I'm leaving in 20 minutes and tying to use up my mon... |
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| Off I go!!!
2006-07-10, Jinja, Uganda. By: catmo79 | | Well, the emails have begun! I'm sitting here getting the last few details finished for Africa, came on line to say a few more goodbyes, and got somedisappointing news - I messed up some very importan... |
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