The people of Uganda

Bussi Island

                                                 All the pads we had for the women

                                                   Miss Stella and her baby girl.

                                                    Our boats on the way to Bussi

                                                  A bunch of Mzungus in life jackets

                                           Kami and I lookin like Sister Missionaries

 

                                                    This just has to make you smile

                                                         You see this everywhere

                        Bill was a little tired on our long car drives through the middle of Africa

                                 Our toilets for a month, its called a hole in the ground

Remember when you were a kid and you wanted those cool nets around your bed? After you sleep with them in Africa, you wonder why you ever thought these things were cool. Hate em. #bugseverywherenomatterwhat

Masaka; We arrived here on Thursday. We stopped at the Equator on our way here and that was cool to see. On Friday and Saturday we spent all day at Byana Mary Hill school and Orphanage. When we arrived we spent a few hours going over things we were going to do while we were there. Utah State and Professor Bill have helped with this school a lot over the years. They gave us a tour of the whole place showing us how they were using all the things we had given them and helped them with. After that we pulled out our jump ropes, bubbles, Frisbee, soccer balls, bouncy balls and every child went wild. We were having so much fun even all the professors on this trip were playing with the kids. It's the best feeling to look at these children smiling and laughing. I can't even begin to describe how much love I have for these people.

No matter what, Every child on this earth deserves to be loved.

We mostly played the first day and ended with a major dance party with the kids. They taught us how to African dance then they wanted some American moves and that's when I got a little too excited and whipped out my stanky legg and cat daddy. Probably not the best moves to do but hey they loved it!!

The second day Kami, Maegan, and I gave a girls seminar to the girls from 12yrs to 18years old. We gave a self esteem lesson. We teach them the importance of being a women and how we all have different talents that we should be proud to share with each other. It was cute because we made EVERY single girl say what they were good at. A lot said Cooking, sewing, making friends, sweeping, and music. Many of them were so shy to stand up and say something to us. They all seemed to understand because at the end I made them repeat after me "I am beautiful, I love myself". Super cheesy but these girls need to hear it and know it. We ended with making bracelets and taking a MILLION pictures. Every one here thinks its the funniest thing to take a picture then look at themselves. It's stinking cute but there are about 400 kids that all want their picture taken.

It's been a very successful trip. We head for home at the end of this week. Don't get me wrong I am very excited to drink a cold glass of water, flush a toilet, eat meat (the meat here has made me want to be a vegetarian), and shave my legs. But I am going to miss this place a lot because of the people I have met. Can't wait to show you all pictures and videos. Thanks to whoever has been reading this blog. Life has just been wonderful and humbling these past few weeks. I am very blessed.