I’m Welcome in Kampala

by Lori | Jan 8, 2011 | Blog

Greetings from cool, foggy Kampala, Uganda, East Africa. My trip started in a freezing cold plane in Amarillo, Texas.   The heater that they usually warm the planes with in the mornings after they have sat all night was not working and neither was the on board quick...

Soldier Child

by Lori | Oct 2, 2010 | Blog

This is a full length documentary about child soldiers in Northern Uganda. It is hard to watch for the normal person, and for me, someone who  now knows and loves these children and young adults that were abducted, hugged them, listened to their stories in person, it...

Life After Africa

by Lori | Jul 10, 2010 | Blog

I can’t even tell you how difficult the re-entry has been for me coming back to Texas from Uganda.  I’ve always struggled a bit with jet lag, and when I come home from Romania a bit of depression over the children, but this is significantly worse.   I...

Ugandan Coffee

by Lori | Jun 16, 2010 | Blog

I couldn’t come here and not buy coffee!!!  I saw coffee growing in the fields, and one of the orphanages has coffee crops planted for for their village micro-economics plan. I live for coffee every morning lately and I heard of an amazing coffee house here...

I’m Mzungu!

by Lori | Jun 13, 2010 | Blog

Children and babies run to the street to peer into my car as we drive by waving, yelling “Mzungu…Mzungu!” I wave and they giggle with such glee.   A fleeting happy moment, they were noticed by the Mzungu.   If I was able to capture their image with...