We got in early yesterday morning after nearly 24 hours of travel. I was a bundle of nerves. Excitement, fear, heartache, stress all gripped my heart knowing what these next few weeks would hold for us. Leaving Africa was hard as I wasn't quite ready to return to the reality of saying our good-byes, selling our things and closing a chapter of our lives here in Colombia, yet knowing this is all necessary in order to open the next chapter of our lives in Africa. A...

Since our flight to Senegal (our last African country to visit) was out of Nairobi, we decided to debrief a bit of our experiences with Mark and Annemarie Dye (our UWM area coordinators). After checking into the Jacaranda Creations guest house, we had time to share with the Dyes about our experiences in Uganda over a wonderful lunch of Ethiopian food (one of my new favorites!). The next morning we were to fly out to Senegal but were detained there for not having ...

After leaving Jinja, we made our way to Kampala to go on a Safari with Red Chili Hide Away. They drove us to Murchison Falls (about 7 hours North of Kampala) to visit the falls and park there. We stayed in a rustic Safari tent where hippos visited us nightly. What amazing creatures! The next morning we headed out on a game drive where we came upon a male lion resting in the middle of an open field. Our guide spotted him by noticing all the gazelle standing at ful...

Finally we made it to Senegal (our last stop in Africa)!! We were met by Alexia and Amet Fall and their daughter Natalia. After a short drive, they settled us into the Far (Beacon of Hope) guest house, right on the Atlantic ocean. We had a nice time chatting and getting to know the Falls on the way. After a nice hot shower and a good nights rest, we headed to Thies to meet Matt and Elena Toombes. We didn't have a moment to lose since we lost a few precious days o...

It's been a busy few weeks of traveling in East Africa. We have enjoyed visiting Kenya, Tanzania and now Uganda. There are so many similarities yet they are each distinct and unique cultures. In general, we have found East Africans to have a quiet, laid back, easy going way about them. We have enjoyed observing them and their cultural differences immensly. After Mombasa we headed back to Nairobi where we visited our friends we met from CIT (Center for Inter-Cult...