http://www.maplewood2uganda.com/uganda From Maplewood to the students in Uganda Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:56:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Okay, so I just have a few minutes till I board for Chicago.  I spent 8 hours and 50 minutes on a flight with more crying babies than I've ever heard in my life!  :)  The next flight is 8 hours and 15 minutes and I hope to sleep then ... http://www.maplewood2uganda.com/uganda/2009/07/20/im-in-london-now/ [caption id="attachment_264" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Josephine Mpakibi (the "k" sounds like "ch""][/caption] Josephine Mpakibi was born in Jinja, Uganda and has 4 brothers and 1 sister. She is 19 years old and she attends Light College in Mukono. Her favorite subject in school is Christian Religious Education and she hopes ... http://www.maplewood2uganda.com/uganda/2009/07/18/bios-of-some-students-at-chain/ After I rested a bit, I showered and went down to the younger students' devotion. We sang and Godfrey, the Chaplain, read some from the bible. I took a couple of pictures of Ken, the young boy who gave me a tour of his home the other day.  Ken ... http://www.maplewood2uganda.com/uganda/2009/07/18/saturday-evening-devotion-dinner/ I suppose my trip wouldn’t have been quite as complete without visiting a local health clinic and the International Hospital in Kampala. That’s what ended up happening on Thursday. Let me preface the story by saying how wonderful all the people at Chain are and how caring they ... http://www.maplewood2uganda.com/uganda/2009/07/18/health-care-and-good-friends-in-uganda/ I woke up today from a dream where I had gone home to Austin, washed all my clothes, and packed to return to Uganda.  My friend Bo was saying, “Hurry up, you’re going to miss your flight!”  That’s when I woke up.  I suppose coming back to Uganda has been ... http://www.maplewood2uganda.com/uganda/2009/07/15/wednesday-july-15th-a-bit-of-reflection/ Tonight after supper (portia and beans), I went to Auntie Margaret’s house where the blind students (we call them VIPs here so, I will use that term from now on) gather for preps (homework). Monday night I had visited and students were outside using Braille machines to do their ... http://www.maplewood2uganda.com/uganda/2009/07/15/tuesday-night-with-shafiq-brenda-nathan-other-students/ The grounds here are beautiful and they have a huge amount of land. They have 3 homes where children stay with a housemother. Today a young blind boy, Ken, held me by the hand and showed me his house. He took me to each room and touched ... http://www.maplewood2uganda.com/uganda/2009/07/14/213/ Today I woke up and finished packing my bags because I was to be picked to go to Mukono at 1:00pm. (In Uganda, people don’t say, “picked up.” They say, “picked.”) After breakfast, I took a boda-boda to buy a cheap duffel bag. You see, I ... http://www.maplewood2uganda.com/uganda/2009/07/14/leaving-kampala-going-to-mukono-7-13-09/ Today I woke up to get ready for church. I wore the dress that Rebecca gave me and a Namirembe Guest House worker said, [caption id="attachment_202" align="alignright" width="225" caption="Looking "smart" in Rebecca's Dress"][/caption] "You're looking smart today!" "Looking smart" is how they say you look nice or you look good. ... http://www.maplewood2uganda.com/uganda/2009/07/14/sunday-july-19th-church-lunch-shopping-chilling/ We took a boat ride up the Nile River on Friday, after our game drive, and then the next morning we hiked around and to the top  of the Falls.  It was absolutely awesome to see and hear!  The water is coming down from 2 directions right before it falls ... http://www.maplewood2uganda.com/uganda/2009/07/12/murchison-falls-national-park-the-falls/