16.1.09

Uganda Details: Everything must have a beginning

Alright, I was too excited to think through my post. Some details:

1. We are going as part of the Engineers Without Borders program.
a. This means we are going to help people get access to a clean water supply (Dave's engineering degree comes i
n handy here). 
b. And help train them to be good workers (Dave's MBA comes in handy here).
c. And hopefully have an awesome dance party.

2. We are going sometime in July.
a. Dave is the team leader and he doesn't even know when in July we are going.
b. But we are going for a month . . .
c. or maybe longer? 

3. Some other exciting things
a. We might have a layover in Dubai 
i. where we kind of want to live someday
b. We are taking a week to get there so we can see some of Uganda
ii. Including, but not limited to
a. White-water rafting
b. Waterfall gazing
c. Looking for crocodiles in rivers
c. Scott pointing us to one of his clients blogs: aeglenn.blogspot.com
ii. We loved this post 
"Children at an orphanage in Entebbe, Uganda. There are so many children here it is incredible; there are orphans everywhere. The people take them in and it is not unusual to see families struggling with 8-10 children. We talked to a woman yesterday who has taken in twelve children. She said, 'Sometimes I feel sad that I cannot do more, but everything must have a beginning'. We have decided to use that as our personal reminder to guide our actions here as we try to help."


4. We'll keep you all updated.
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15.1.09

Uganda

We are going for over three weeks! This is probably a shock to everyone, because it is a shock to both of us! We were simply discussing it on Tuesday, and today we are going!



This makes me smile:




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