Rainy Holidays
Rainy season in Uganda normally lasts about 3 months at a time, but this year it has been raining since April. Recently, in Western and Northern Uganda, a heavy rain caused mudslides and flooding. Roads were washed away, houses were…
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stop and go
Took the bus to the capitol today. For those who have been in Santo Domingo know that the traffic is the absolute worst here. The bus is cold (not used to this air conditioning), I’m wearing the ear muffs that…
2020: The Year of Polly Pockets
I feel like just yesterday I was typing up my last blog post. After our big November events and Thanksgiving, I assumed life would slow down a bit, but…not exactly. Two weeks ago, our office partnered with an organization to…
Thanksgiving in Uganda
It’s rainy season here in Uganda, and this afternoon is particularly rainy and cold (yes, the low 70s feels cold to me now). I have Christmas music playing in the background and African tea cooking on the stove. I have…
Gym Class Dodgeball
These last few months have me all confused with the concept of time. The days feel like weeks, yet the weeks feel like months, and each month feels like a day. So technically I’ve either been here for 65 weeks,…
heart bandaids
When I was little, bandaids were my favorite. They magically healed every boo-boo and they even had my favorite cartoons on them. Bandaids had a way of making everything feel better in the moment. She placed the cartoon bandaid on…
Life is Crazy and Exciting
After some major writer’s block, I am back to update you on all the cray life things happening here in Uganda. The past few weeks have held a lot of growth and good conversations. Working cross-culturally is so much harder…
It’s been over a month and a half since being here. Some days it feels like it’s been a week and some days it feels like it’s been 148 weeks. So much has happened in such a short amount of…
stop and sit awhile
The other day I was headed out for my run in the morning at the stadium near my house. I love running. I used to hate it, I actually used to despise it, running used to control me. Now in…
it’s just the beginning
The past year of living and serving in Haiti has been something I feel like I’ve been waiting and preparing to do for my entire life. I cannot believe that my year as a Lumos scholar has come to an…