Update #4

Oh my goodness, We have not updated for two months. I am SOOOOO sorry, but when you read this post I am sure you will understand why we haven’t updated. In the interest of brevity, I will shortly describe our adventures across planet earth over the last two months. 1 – Murchison falls – We saw some giraffes, elephants, pumba’s, deer, kingfisher’s, hippos, the works. We even had a hippo, which happen to be responsible for more human deaths than any other mammal, rub up against our tent at 2 am. Scary. Giraffe The smaller of the two baby elephants in this shot is probably only a few days old The African Buffalo – Water Buffalo We did not get close to this croc Warthogs (Or in Swahili – Pumbas) Our group who went 2 – Rwanda (which we learned is pronounced Ronda) – We saw an active volcano (complete with red glow). We were surprised when people braked for pedestrians. We learned the way to call a taxi there is to hiss like a snake. Our bus wrecked on the return trip causing much frustration and paranoia. Behind us is mountains of the Congo Rwanda is very densely populated, with farms that go up the sides of hills. Pretty Our welcome home sign Don’t take this bus line 3 – Kapchorwa visit 2 – Greg went back to Kapchorwa to continue his project that he started his first week at eMi (See update #1). This time the locals drew up a map for he and Janet made out of dirt, berries, sticks, garbage and other items. Greg is still excited about this project A Ugandan Engineering meeting 4 – Entebbe botanical gardens – Greg joined Stephanie and her kids on a field trip where we all swung on vines like tarzan. Yes he beat his chest afterwards 5 – Aber (aka “The Village”) – Stephanie and I went with our house-girl (maid) to her village in central Uganda. We ate gizzard, pet a goat that was slottered five minutes later, and we came back with 60 lbs of vegetables and a chicken. In Kampala, most people are attached to a rural village of some kind, each with a different name. But rather than identify each one by a different name, people refer to any of them as “The Village.” (I am going to the Village this weekend - she went to the Village - have you been to the Villages?) Our giant Kasava and young chick we were given as gifts 6 – Harlem, Netherlands – Greg and Stephanie went to Holland for a day and learned that even though Greg has always said he loves cold weather, he doesn’t when all he has is clothes from Africa. We had to buy some wool socks. After that we greatly enjoyed the luxuries of cheese, decent roads, dikes, hot chocolate and blending in with other white people, even if it meant explaining we don’t speak Dutch repeatedly. Pretty The square outside our hotel Greg is feeling slightly ridiculous The church next to our hotel 7 – Houston, Texas – and then the rumored trip to America commenced, and we saw Melody get married and ate a piece of pecan pie. Greg got to meet the presidents head (We don’t know what this was for either) Love birds Darcy and Lizzy 8 – London, UK – Greg drug his sleepy wife around London and we saw all the typical sites in under four hours. Greg and Steph are both excited about our trip there in June where we can spend more time there, but it was sure fun to see London in the winter time. Not any good pictures of us, but here’s a nice one of some clock 9 – Return to Uganda – Fairly uneventful these last two weeks (which was intentional) but we did see some of our fellow interns off, they have all arrived in America by now. Stephanie wrapped the semester with Heritage’s Christmas program with ballerinas, actors and even a band. She will enjoy her two weeks off. Greg, Stephanie and their house-girl they went to the village with, Monica That’s a wrap, enjoy the pictures.