Saturday, July 5, 2008

uganda




ANDA...

AFRICA
June 9- 25 2008




*17 days
*20+ people
*7500 miles away from MI
*34 hours in flight
*7 hours time difference
*2 stuffed bags
*8 hour bus ride to Gulu
*23 acholi words/ phrases
*4 words actually remembered
*20 mangos in a bag
*2 churches
*1 orphanage
*500 salvation story bracelets
*1 rat "friend" named Nigel
*90 lbs. of snack food
*1 monkey in a hotel room
*4 Samuels as translators
*1000+ laughs
*1 bright green chameleon in the road
*1 older woman that stole my heart
*8 baboons by the Nile
*50 ants on my legs
*1 letter a day from the "post office"
*countless: children- smiles- dances- songs- stars in the sky- flies- drier sheets- bottles of pineapple mirinda- huts- mosquito nets- dirt paths- plates of rice & beans- dollars exchanged to shillings- water bottles used as toys- conversations with people- tears- words translated- wounds tended- chairs for welcoming- new brothers & sisters in Christ...

*1 wonderful trip

*1 amazing GOD 









1 comment:

kimberly said...

My friend,
Thank you for this new blog.
Thank you for sharing with us your rich time in UG.
Your pictures, your short stories, your heart.
Love you.