Thursday, July 17 Today, after the crazy rafting adventure yesterday, we hit the road for our trip to the East part of Uganda. Our stop for the day was at King’s Kids School in Palissa, where we also stayed the night. On the school grounds there were around 4-5 classrooms in two different buildings, a … Continue reading
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Aren’t We Beautiful? July 15 by Nina
We arrived in Kampala, Uganda yesterday afternoon and were greeted by our hosts, Jade and Sheila. Travels were good and nobody got sick this time. This morning started off at the Cornerstone Uganda office. We learned about the many ministries they have going on. One big thing they are doing is a leadership training program … Continue reading
heading to New York soon
The team is finishing up their time in Uganda this evening and preparing to head to New York tomorrow. They are all excited about hot showers and eating salad (eating raw veggies where they have been is not recommended for foreigners). They have had no internet access in Uganda – so will again be posting … Continue reading
Images from Ethiopia – part 2
Rough Waters – grateful hearts
Today – 8 of the 13 team members chose to go on a rafting excursion on the Nile River on their day off in Uganda. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the Nile through white water rafting. Part of the trip invovled Class 5 rapids and unfortunately – their raft capsized. … Continue reading
images from Ethiopia
Here are a few images of the team from Ethiopia~ (more to come later!) Continue reading
back to Addis – back to Israel – July 12&13 by Karen T.
July 12, 2008 We awoke Saturday morning to a rainy, dreary day. Breakfast was again an exercise in trying to eat, discuss our day, and fight off the monkeys that were intent on sharing or stealing our breakfast. We would be leaving Awassa just after breakfast to journey back to Addis Ababa. Some were … Continue reading
Go and make the poor happy – July 11 by Mary Beth
Our team spent Friday morning at the Sisters of Charity- Mother Theresa orphanage that is actually a hospital and family home of sorts. They care for the poor and are teaching the benefit of nutrition and maternal health and providing medicine for the sick. Our task that morning was to play with the children. We … Continue reading
Awasa – July 10 by Caitlin
On Thursday we traveled about an hour and a half from Langano to the larger city of Awasa. We had lunch with the Röschlis, a Swiss couple. Mrs. Röschli shared their story with us. Their journey began when Mr. Röschli lost his job in Switzerland, and they decided to move their family to Israel. While … Continue reading
Water is Life – July 8 by Jen Wilmore
Lake Langano, Ethiopia I’m not sure if we’ve already established this in previous posts, but it is the rainy season here in Ethiopia. This means that sometimes even the most well-laid plans get washed away with sudden showers, as was the case this morning when heavy rains kept us from going out early as planned. … Continue reading