by Lori | Feb 18, 2012 | Blog
These last two months have not afforded me much time to prepare for the trip. I couldn’t leave any earlier because I had so much official administration business at work, and end of the year business. I couldn’t start packing because I’ve had all of...
by Lori | Mar 19, 2011 | Blog
This was our moon in Amarillo on the night of the Super Moon! Thankfully the clouds parted for just a bit to get this shot. How was the moon in your neighborhood? My daughter had to end the night howling just for good measure. Goofy kid. Stargazers were treated to a...
by Lori | Feb 8, 2011 | Blog
I thought I would reflect on my time here with the things I’m going to miss when I leave. Some of these things are new to this trip, some are a carry over from the last. This country really gets to me, my heart, my funnybone. I’ve never cried so hard...
by Lori | Feb 5, 2011 | Blog
World history shows that individuals and small groups do make a difference in bringing about change in their societies. Often people think that the small thing that they can do won’t change a thing, WRONG!!! Why are we encouraged simply to vote when elections...
by Lori | Feb 4, 2011 | Blog
Uganda is about to hold a national election on February 18, an event which could trigger violence. The whole country is abuzz about it. Even though the State Department has issued a travel alert for citizens visiting or residing in Uganda, and I have duly...
by Lori | Jan 30, 2011 | Blog
My posts shall be somewhat out of order since we had a power outage and there was nothing I could do to keep writing. I think of so many things to write about when I’m with the children and do not have a way to jot them down at that moment then I come home fall...
by Lori | Jan 27, 2011 | Blog
Hello from extremely dry, sweltering, windy blowing dirt Northern Uganda. This place reminds me a lot of the Texas Panhandle, Palo Duro Area in the dead of summer. They even get torrential rains like we do, only we have shelters, our homes, to get inside, most here...
by Lori | Jan 22, 2011 | Blog
This post is late, I wrote it 4 days ago. I am on linear time here. Things happen event after event, not each day a schedule. My driver operates on American time so this is why he’s quite easy to work with and I’ve selected him to work with those...
by Lori | Jan 18, 2011 | Blog
I’ve missed some days of blogging. I did want to tell you something remarkable about my stay in Kampala. There we just waited for the bags, and had various appointments, but while I was there a missionary couple was there. This family I met also in June at the...
by Lori | Jan 16, 2011 | Blog
I have feet problems. This may not be the type of post you want to hear from Uganda, but it affects everything I do. All of these problems are ones I have inherited. My feet by now are not attractive. They swell easily and I am being told I need about 3...
