Trip to the Mountains

It is Thursday afternoon in Mbale, Uganda, and it is hot. Yesterday I went on a visit up into the mountains. It was a long journey – partially because of the roads, but also because it was very far away. I went with two Concern Ministry workers and 3 students to sit in on a meeting about building staff quarters at a primary school. Often teachers walk 6 miles to get to school, so they arrive midday and not much teaching gets done. Staff quarters at other primary schools were able to improve education exponentially, based on standardized test scores.

After the meeting, I stepped outside of the building and was immediately surrounded by children running from hundreds of yards away. Many of the young children had never seen a white person before. We played soccer with the 300+ kids (probably closer to 500, but I’m not the best with estimating numbers). It was a blast.

On the way, we got a flat tire, but in the most perfect spot. I was sitting in the covered bed of the truck at the time. We didn’t even notice a tire was flat until the driver stopped the car and told us it would be a while (tells you something about the roads). We got out of the car and heard a waterfall, so we wandered down the mountain into a cave and found it – beautiful area!!!

I better keep working on the buildings - sledgehammering rocks is so much fun.

Love you all!