Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Dad's 51st Birthday
After Cammy and my dad's birthday dinner, the 2 of them came back home to find a small group of us waiting with cake!!! SURPRISE............
Sunday, July 12, 2009
My Mission Adventure in Uganda
Some photos from my Mission trip. I have over 1000 photos, so scaling down to a few for my blog is kind of hard :) I will post more photos later.... here you can get the idea of some of our day's events.
A pile of $1 Target flip flops we brought with us. Kristi and I each brought 3 suitcases. 1 for our clothes and personal items, 1 suitcase for Hope 4 Kids and that last suitcase was donations for our outreaches, sponsor kids and so on. We brought soccer balls, flip flops, 100 sunglasses, clothes, toys, poloroid cameras and film and lots of sweets to hand out (candy and gummy vitamins). My 3 bags weighed these amounts going to Uganda: 50lbs, 68lbs, & 60lbs. And no, we did not get charged for our heavy bags!! Praise God, since they would have been $150 for each one over 50lbs.
A butcher in Torroro. This is pretty classy and upscale compared to the meat vendors who hang their meat on hooks in their little makeshift stores out by the road.
Kristi and I strayed from the team and went to Smile Africa. We fed, played with, bathed and made pinwheels for the Karamonjong children.
Out in a village
A well dedication in Siabanga. This well was fundraised at our May event to replace the original well that dried up
Inside the new kitchen at True Vine
The kitchen and dining hall that were a gift to True Vine from my wonderful grandparents
The new classroom that was fundraised for at our "Embrace in Education" evening in May!
The Ugandan welcome committee
A Ugandan grocery store
Sunrise on the 4th of July!!! Our day which we traveled about 10 hours across Uganda!
Giant anthill
Cousins on different sides of the equator
One foot in both hemispheres
Us on the boat (water portion of the safari)
A herd of elephants
An elephant family
Just like last year, we had to get our photo taken by the safari's entrance sign
Sunrise at Lake Victoria
Even though Lisa could not join us on this trip, she was with us in other ways!
Char's sponsor boy at Outreach to Africa school. Frances was scared of me
Our team at Sunrise House in Fort Portal
A pile of $1 Target flip flops we brought with us. Kristi and I each brought 3 suitcases. 1 for our clothes and personal items, 1 suitcase for Hope 4 Kids and that last suitcase was donations for our outreaches, sponsor kids and so on. We brought soccer balls, flip flops, 100 sunglasses, clothes, toys, poloroid cameras and film and lots of sweets to hand out (candy and gummy vitamins). My 3 bags weighed these amounts going to Uganda: 50lbs, 68lbs, & 60lbs. And no, we did not get charged for our heavy bags!! Praise God, since they would have been $150 for each one over 50lbs.
A butcher in Torroro. This is pretty classy and upscale compared to the meat vendors who hang their meat on hooks in their little makeshift stores out by the road.
Kristi and I strayed from the team and went to Smile Africa. We fed, played with, bathed and made pinwheels for the Karamonjong children.
Out in a village
A well dedication in Siabanga. This well was fundraised at our May event to replace the original well that dried up
Inside the new kitchen at True Vine
The kitchen and dining hall that were a gift to True Vine from my wonderful grandparents
The new classroom that was fundraised for at our "Embrace in Education" evening in May!
The Ugandan welcome committee
A Ugandan grocery store
Sunrise on the 4th of July!!! Our day which we traveled about 10 hours across Uganda!
Giant anthill
Cousins on different sides of the equator
One foot in both hemispheres
Us on the boat (water portion of the safari)
A herd of elephants
An elephant family
Just like last year, we had to get our photo taken by the safari's entrance sign
Sunrise at Lake Victoria
Even though Lisa could not join us on this trip, she was with us in other ways!
Char's sponsor boy at Outreach to Africa school. Frances was scared of me
Our team at Sunrise House in Fort Portal
Friday, July 10, 2009
36 hours left in Uganda
A few photos from my trip so far...... 36 hours left in Uganda then home sweet home :) I miss Robb.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)