Amongst the other obvious cultural differences, Ugandan people phrase things differently than we do. Instead of saying, “Really?” or “Are you serious?” after you say something that is hard to believe or kind of shocking, they say, “Are you sure?” Well,...
I spent the last couple of days at the Paraa Safari Lodge with my family. What an amazing experience! The resort is located in the Murchison Falls wildlife reserve, so from our supper table, we would hear hippos snorting or elephants trumpeting- it was incredible. ...
We spent the night at the Watoto guesthouse in Gulu, and this morning continued on our journey to our safari. Before leaving Gulu, we had the chance to stop by the Living Hope center for women. The mission of Watoto’s Living Hope center is to empower women who are...
We had the honor of meeting some very important people today- well, I guess the first group weren’t people… On our way to Gulu this morning, we stopped by the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Ugandan rhinos were hunted to the point of extinction in the early 1980s, as...
Before our trip, we made a dream list of ‘to do’s’ while we were in Uganda, and a trip to see the equator was one of those things. Today after church, we made the trek out of Kampala to do just that. It was 83 km from where we started until we arrived at the...
We had a busy day today doing a lot of touring of other Watoto sites outside of Kampala. Our first stop was a village called Suubi, and while there, we visited a few of Watoto’s sustainability programs. If I haven’t already mentioned, I believe wholeheartedly that...
