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It’s been a crazy fortnight. I could tell you all about the German and Korean cultural evenings, the preparations for Uganda, the creation of websites or the amazing provision of a visa extension… but to start, I will tell you about downtime.
As with anything in life we need holidays to relax and refresh - even if we [...]

Destination Uganda

As promised in the last post, here are some details of my visit to Uganda.
On the fourth of April we will be heading to a small village called Kitwe. This is in the Ugandan district called Ntungamo - the most fertile area of the country. Whilst there is enormous poverty there, few go [...]

I would do a smiley now if I could

I genuinely love my mother. I don’t think that this is something I could have said eight years ago, but over time you start to really understand and appreciate all the things that mothers do. Tonight my mum (or maybe my dad) installed Skype and added me to their buddy list. When I logged in [...]

Hamburgers, potato salad, corn on the cob, chips and smores

Last night the americans entertained us as only they could with a veritable feast, music and entertainment. Ali and Tamsin (from my home church in London) were visiting so we had an all British table!
As with all cultural evenings it was a bit of a break for the norm and a party. Like the African [...]

fellow britons

Yesterday I did quite a lot of catching up with myself, writing up notes from the last couple of weeks and updating my journal. I didn’t do a whole lot else. I neither went to church nor Robert’s braai. Missing the first of these wasn’t disappointing given that all churches round here [...]

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Destination Uganda

I would do a smiley now if I could

Hamburgers, potato salad, corn on the cob, chips and smores

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