Sunday, February 11, 2007
I can’t even remember what I last posted. As most of you know by now, I was in the States for Christmas and for a dear friend’s wedding. See the photo of me and Samantha (Tomassoni) Dewey.
hahaha....it's not allowing me to attach pictures--oh well, TIA (this is Africa)! (you'll just have to imagine how beautiful Samantha was as a bride and how great I looked in my beautiful Ugandan dress, that my friend Betty made.)
The only problem with my trip "home" is that I didn't get to see everyone or spend enough time with everyone--and that it was a little cold! In fact, I feel like the WHOLE time I was home I was freezing. Maybe I’ve just gotten used to the beautiful weather here in Uganda. Anyhow, it was great to see family and friends and if I wasn’t a “hugger” before, I sure am now! Aside from all the hugs, it sort of felt like I had never left. Life continued on, but it was a little surreal that I could just slide back into things as they were. Maybe I’ve just finally come into a peace about my life—that it doesn’t matter where I am or what sort of external things are going on around me. It was just good to be “home”—in Maryland and in Michigan!
Anyhow, my trip back to Uganda was great also. I met up with the Gages in London, and after dealing with luggage issues, we hit the town. It was cold, dreary, drizzly, but SO fun to roam the streets of London. We went to the British Museum and the British Library and saw lots of cool stuff, including, but not limited to the original writings/songs of Jane Austen and the Beatles. I also got to see the Rosetta Stone and lots of real mummies!
The drive back to Mbarara was a great time to catch up with the Gages and it felt like I had never really left, except the fact that I had missed out on some Christmas fun! We arrived back just in time for the power to go out on the 13th of January. School started on the 16th and on the 17th, the Glissons and Alita (new teacher here for a few months) arrived safely.
The first few weeks were horribly busy and crazy. It's like I hit the ground running and haven't stopped yet! Getting back into the swing of things here and catching up with everyone; mourning the death of two wonderful men from Jinja: Adam Langford, a missionary and Moses Kimeze, a church leader; getting over jetlag; planning and teaching school; visiting with town church ladies; having town youth spend the night; trying to figure out what to do after my teaching commitment ends in June; having people over for dinner; worshipping with team; team and ladies' meetings; acclimating Alita to life in Mbarara...
Lots has happened in the month I’ve been back. WOW—it’s so hard to believe it’s only been a month!! I’m trying to write short updates this week about what’s been going on, so be patient with me! More later…
hahaha....it's not allowing me to attach pictures--oh well, TIA (this is Africa)! (you'll just have to imagine how beautiful Samantha was as a bride and how great I looked in my beautiful Ugandan dress, that my friend Betty made.)
The only problem with my trip "home" is that I didn't get to see everyone or spend enough time with everyone--and that it was a little cold! In fact, I feel like the WHOLE time I was home I was freezing. Maybe I’ve just gotten used to the beautiful weather here in Uganda. Anyhow, it was great to see family and friends and if I wasn’t a “hugger” before, I sure am now! Aside from all the hugs, it sort of felt like I had never left. Life continued on, but it was a little surreal that I could just slide back into things as they were. Maybe I’ve just finally come into a peace about my life—that it doesn’t matter where I am or what sort of external things are going on around me. It was just good to be “home”—in Maryland and in Michigan!
Anyhow, my trip back to Uganda was great also. I met up with the Gages in London, and after dealing with luggage issues, we hit the town. It was cold, dreary, drizzly, but SO fun to roam the streets of London. We went to the British Museum and the British Library and saw lots of cool stuff, including, but not limited to the original writings/songs of Jane Austen and the Beatles. I also got to see the Rosetta Stone and lots of real mummies!
The drive back to Mbarara was a great time to catch up with the Gages and it felt like I had never really left, except the fact that I had missed out on some Christmas fun! We arrived back just in time for the power to go out on the 13th of January. School started on the 16th and on the 17th, the Glissons and Alita (new teacher here for a few months) arrived safely.
The first few weeks were horribly busy and crazy. It's like I hit the ground running and haven't stopped yet! Getting back into the swing of things here and catching up with everyone; mourning the death of two wonderful men from Jinja: Adam Langford, a missionary and Moses Kimeze, a church leader; getting over jetlag; planning and teaching school; visiting with town church ladies; having town youth spend the night; trying to figure out what to do after my teaching commitment ends in June; having people over for dinner; worshipping with team; team and ladies' meetings; acclimating Alita to life in Mbarara...
Lots has happened in the month I’ve been back. WOW—it’s so hard to believe it’s only been a month!! I’m trying to write short updates this week about what’s been going on, so be patient with me! More later…
