African tea, red plum jam and chapatti roll with egg for breakfast. (Video will be updated when I’m at the Amsterdam airport) I held a chicken yesterday and dug out some weeds around a sweet potato plant and picked some eggplants. Seeing the villages where the kids come from and watching them do their daily routine puts a lot of things in perspective. (Lots of pictures to follow). I am continually amazed at what we’ve seen and experienced thus far.

The Nile River between Mbale and Kampala was an awesome sight to see. A local was given $5 to go down the white water at the Nile with just a jerry-can and some shorts. RIDICULOUS———> It’s only day 9 here and it feels like I’ve been here for about a month. The things that we fill our days with include home visits in small rural areas and learning more and more about how LEAD Uganda is affecting the lives of these wonderful children. We finished the seminars only a couple of days ago and some of my students come up to me and ask if I can watch them do what I taught them (Warrior poses and suzuki marches). It’s amazing to be a part of such a great organization that empowers former child soldiers and AIDS orphans. I never thought I would be teaching children of that background/caliber but I realize that it’s more than that. I can really be an active participant in their education so I decided to partner up with one of my team members to sponsor an 11 year old boy named Mpande Brian. I fell in love with him during the 4-hour play when he stops in the middle of the whole thing, comes over to me and whispers, “thanks for buying” after having some popcorn and a blackcurrant and peach juice box. He was severely mal-nutritioned so he’s a bit small for his age. I got a chance to see where he lives (3 small huts) and meet his parents and siblings. He has a great chance of getting into the best primary school in Kampala and I am really excited to be a part of that.

There are countless hours of priceless moments captured and I can’t wait to really take the time and post them all…until then, you will have to rely on my words.

Thank you so much for the continued prayers and positive light coming our way. They are greatly appreciated!!!