welcome to Uganda!

well I made it here in one piece with all my luggage! We travelled a total of 2 days, hitting up three different continents, 4 countries and flying about 24 hours total. Phew. It was a long one. Where to start? So much has happened! I think I'll skip over the flying and the layovers and London because I simply don't have time. We flew into Uganda about 9 am yesterday (Friday) morning. We met our CDs (country directors), Suzanne and Whitney, at the Airport where they introduced us to our bus driver Fred. He is legit. The bus ride was looong. But fun! Our team is bonding so well already. I guess when you have been travelling together for 2 days you get pretty close ha ha. I was going to try to upload some pictures but they aren't working today. Anways, Uganda is ca-razy. The traffic is insane! There are no rules. Trucks go as fast as they want even if there are people in the way! Little motorcycle taxis, called boda boda's whiz around and between cars. And people selling things come right up to your window and try to get you to buy their products.

back of the taxi= always a party

We stopped at a couple places on our way to Mbale. First we got a fridge in Mukono. There was this adorable little boy who would not stop waving at us! We even taught him to blow kisses! Pretty soon a bunch of kids were there, all waving and blowing kisses (even though they had no idea what they were doing). After Mukono we stopped at an orphanage that HELP built back in 2007, run by a lady named Margaret. She is really cool! Something about Ugandans is that they are really friendly, so the fact that Margaret hugged us, without knowing us, isn't too strange. The kids there were so adorable! They loved us! And we loved them. They live in such small, cramped, dirty situations, but they are so happy!

cute boy in mukono :)

whit and some boys at the orphanage

I'm out of time for today, but I am loving it here! I'll post again soon ASAP!