Well, it’s been 2 days since we arrived back into NYC and I still have jet lag! Hopefully I’ll be back to normal by tomorrow; I had no clue the kind of effect it has on you.  

So far my response, when asked about Uganda, is simply that I have experienced so much mentally and emotionally that I cannot even process it at this point.  I think that it will take time to explain in words the impact that this trip has had on me.  I cannot grasp the fact that it’s the year 2010 and running water still has not made it around the world.  I don’t understand why Sarah, Sanyu, and Joseph lost their parents to HIV and I just talked to my Mom on the phone yesterday and thanked her for her financial support for this incredible journey; or why I went to Africa and back completely healthy and Sarah was in the hospital for three days with malaria, while I was faithfully spraying my Off every day and taking my malaria prevention medication, which was readily available to me here in the US.

It’s things like that, things that I cannot wrap my head around and may never will. As soon as I am able to write something more adequate, I will be sending out an in depth letter to all of my donors so that they can fully understand the impact that their financial contribution has made in my life.  Until then, I will be praying for a way to explain in words what I experienced.  Thank you for your patience :)