Blogs from Kampala, Central Region, Uganda, Africa - page 26

Wow, what a week. I went shopping in Kampala for the computers. Uncle Paul sent me to town with a student, Joseph, he is a senior 4, so he has 2 more years before university, and he is 21. Its amazing here, you are never to old to still be in highschool. American highschoolers could learn something. Simon, the computer teacher went with us. THe two guys I felt so bad for, I was just awed and amazed at everything. I stopped and watched a lady doing hair in the mall. Way cool. She told me should could do my hair in a couple of hours. IT was fine, I passed. I aslo stopped and looked at the skirts. Gorgeous. Of course I didn't buy anything and so the men running the vendor complained that those ... read more

Christmas in June: Today I went to the school in Kampala. Its amazing so many children so few resources, yet they get by with Gods provision for the school and their lives. Everyone seems to just be praising God. I asked Paul when we got to the school,can you look at your past students and point to one and know that one if it had not been forGod and this school , they wouldn't have survived, or would be destitute. His answer was a resounding yes, there are many, many,many. He then went on to introduce me to Ida. Ida shared her story, heartbreaking to say the least, but by Gods grace intervining in her life she has gone on to university,and now has a job in her field. I ask her permission to share and ... read more

We have to pay $50 for visa to enter Uganda at the border. The scenery is similar to Rwanda, lots of planted vegetables green mountains etc. When we had a pee stop i saw 2 birds, the Ugandan national bird cant remember the name of it at the moment, it was in the cultivated field searching the soil for grains i guess. After a long cold drive we stopped to bush camp on the side of the road, few policemen later on stopped and ask us what we are doing there, they promised us protection from bandits etc... It was a difficult bush camp, terrain is rocky and not much space, but we made it through the night anywaysNext day arrived in Kampala and we are staying at the Red Chilli campsite. It has a nice ... read more

Well, the devil is definitely not happy about this trip. I think something big is happening. The trip is with out a life changing trip, I can't wait to see what is up Gods sleeve. Yesterday started out well, got a lot accomplished in the morning, then I had a flat tired. It took several hours to get the tire fixed, and on the vehicle. I am so thankful for Fran, we calmly got the rest of my to do list done, no stress, just one thing to the next till my list was complete. As soon as the tire was fixed though, the steering in the van started to act up, and then the car overheated. So, Isaiah and I and Garry were on Goff hill for about 1.5. Thank God for Frank. He came ... read more

that's it's actually painful. today we visited different ngo sites. i went to world vision uganda. it was interesting, but apparently they're a super christian organization which i found to be a bit problematic. um... what else. i have a collection of blisters from bringing crappy shoes that i thought would be comfortable but turned out not to be... things that are still odd for me: looking for cars while crossing the street - they drive on the wrong side of the road here and it totally throws me off, especially because you literally run through lots of traffic and hope that bodabodas, bicycles and taxis don't run you over. bodabodas are motorcycles that are called bodabodas because of when idi amin went nuts people we trying to leave the country and were saying something like ... read more