i am the most tired person alive.....

below is an email I sent my Mom after I arrived in Kampala, instead of rewriting it I just decided to post the email to post a quick update of my last couple of days. I am finally in Kampala in my new home. It is very nice, full bathroom, running water, kitchen, and everything I need. Thank God for that! I also got to swing by the day care I will be working at (Dawn Mukisa Center). Right now I am about to go to bed and hopefully catch the 9 hours I lost during travel! Updates/Pictures coming soon!

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Hello! I have made it to the guest house in Entebbe. The flight was long, but i took some meds and slept most of the way. i sat next to this guy from baton rouge who was going to uganda to make a video of all the orphanages and schools he has started, so it was cool talking to him. he was excited to hear what i was doing, and continued to preach to me about trusting and believing in God, and taught me all (i mean all) the Bible stories that go along with that. It was very sweet, but i was really tired so i had to throw in some hints about how tired i was. he finally let me sleep, and i did for about 6 hours. I am still really tired though, but i guess i will be for a few days. jet lag is no fun. i really feel like i am in a twilight zone, especially because i am in a whole different day than you!

when i got to the airport it was really rainy outside and about 70 degrees. it is really pretty weather, not too humid, and not too hot. which is nice, i hope it stays like this. the country of course is beautiful. so lush and green. right outside of the airport a monkey was playing on a tree! and nobody even cared, like it was a squirrel or something. then i had to wait for the driver for about 30 minutes. it was kinda funny because i had my huge cart of luggage, and so did everyone else. but let me tell you, they do not value personal space here. this one lady pulled her 2 carts of luggage literally touching mine and blocked me in against a wall. i am thinking "hello, what part about this is ok?" hahah she didnt care, obvioulsy.

we have about a 40 minute drive to matoke inn, so it was cool looking out the windows. i guess it looks a lot like the bad parts of mexico, but worse. when i got the airport it smelled like mexico, you know that smell? its rainy and muddy everywhere and i sure that makes things more difficult. there are people everywhere walking and talking. and most of them are just standing there. i was wondering what were they all waiting for? the driving is insane. our driver was pretty good, but scared me a few times. then half way there he gets out his super thick glasses and drove even worse. the cars literally bump eachother, its like adult bumper cars.

i am not sure what the plan is for today. i am pretty sure i am still about an hour from kampala. from what i gather someone will come get me and take me there, i am just not sure when. but they have internet at the inn so i am happy for that! it is sooo weird being so far from instant communication. i store up all these things in my head that i want to tell you, but i usually can tell you right away so i feel like i am forgetting some things!!

oh, i forgot to tell you what happened to me in london. we got off the plane and i realized that i left my makeup bag on the plane. i had so much stuff with me, so i think it actually fell out of my bag. but i was freaking out when i realized it because i had put the cash, $950 worth, that AIM gave me for my first two months here. i go to the front desk not even 5 minutes after i had gotten off the plane and told them. they brought in 2 hours later. looked in it and $500 was missing. i was so upset, and they told me i could file a police report an d so on, but i didnt. i wasnt too worried about the money though, i brought enough cash to cover that. i emailed aim and told them and Rae said not to worry about it and they would credit my account. so thats good. i guess something had to go wrong somewhere....

hmmm, what else. i am stinky and gross. i have not taken a shower since wed morning, and have traveled the whole time since them. yuck. you dont even want to know what i look like!!