Yesterday was AMAZING!! I’ve had some great experiences during this trip, but I have to say that this may have been my favorite day yet! In the afternoon, Christie, Brooke and I walked down to the sick bay to try and help the kids who complained about eye problems find glasses that helped improve their [...]

The past few days have been my favorite in Africa thus far. I owe most of this fun to the “Ugandan Thunder”, the choir/dancing group of children from Royal. The group spends months practicing and then goes on tour performing all over the USA East Coast from August 2012 until July 2013 to raise money [...]

And then there were seven… First off, I want to say hey to the team members that have left us so far.. Jordan, Sidney, Lane, Lindsay, Ken and Madison… we miss and love you guys!! Last night, we sadly sent Ken and Madison on their way back home. Ken was a huge help and Madi [...]

We had a very productive weekend finishing up the shade houses. What we did to construct the shade houses was put together 3/4″ PVC piping which was connected by either t-joints and side-out-elbows. We brought the side-out-elbows with us from the U.S. because we were told that they were nowhere to be found in other [...]

Inspired. That is how I feel as I reflect on all that we have accomplished in seven days. Shade houses, dental clinic, visiting the Nile, shopping in Jinja, make-overs for the teachers, amazing Sunday Church service, playing with the children, dancing, singing, writing letters, praying, longggg flights, fun, new food, personal revelation, and various other [...]