365 Days

365. Three hundred and sixty five days. One year. That is how long, to the day, that we have been away from home!

It's hard to believe that it has been an entire year since we were saying goodbye to friends and family at the Vancouver airport, and hard to believe that in the past year we have had more moves, plane rides, and different country experiences than I've ever had before!

When I have access to better internet I'd like to do a 'looking back' type post, complete with pictures and stories from the last year of my crazy traveling life, but I wanted to quickly post today...

One year away from Canada!

Little Things

While up until now there hasn't been a lot to do here in Kibaale (what with the children being out of school etc), Megan and I were happy to hear today that from now there will be many more opportunities to help out and work around the campus, especially with the Nursery and Kindergarten classes.

We sat in on a teaching workshop for the Nursery and Kindergarten teachers this afternoon, where we were introduced to everyone and were able to see some of the things they're working on at the moment. We're hoping to be able to get to know them all a lot better in the next few weeks and months.

Tomorrow we'll be helping out in one of the Kindergarten classrooms, and while its hard for us to do a lot of practical things with the children- with our limited, ie. non-existant knowledge of Luganda- it will be good just to get experience with the children (and helping the teachers with various activities and projects that need to be done), and hopefully even learn more of the language while we're doing so.

Also exciting news is that Natalie Latham, from Canada, has arrived, and will be staying here until mid-December, working mainly in the special unit classrooms. It's nice to have a new face around! A friend of mine is also hoping to come, and is just waiting for her funds to come in, in order to book her plane tickets. She would also be here until mid-Deceber, and I'm so looking forward to seeing her again and having her here!

So, finally, things are happening here in Kibaale!

We're hoping to travel up to Kampala again this weekend (Ayana needs to go back to the hospital for a follow up visit in order to properly assess whether her nose was broken in the crash) so I will try to get some new pictures up here for everyone :)

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Somewhere over the rainbow

Way up high

And the dreams that you dreamed of

Once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow

Blue birds fly

And the dreams that you dreamed of

Dreams really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star

Wake up where the clouds are far behind me

Where trouble melts like lemon drops

High above the chimney tops thats where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly

And the dream that you dare to,why, oh why can't I?


Well I see trees of green and

Red roses too,

I'll watch them bloom for me and you

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world


Well I see skies of blue

And I see clouds of white

And the brightness of day

I like the dark

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky

Are also on the faces of people passing by

I see friends shaking hands

Saying, "How do you do?"

They're really saying, I...I love you

I hear babies cry and I watch them grow,

They'll learn much more

Than we'll ever know

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

Someday I'll wish upon a star,

Wake up where the clouds are far behind me

Where trouble melts like lemon drops

High above the chimney top that's where you'll find me

Oh, Somewhere over the rainbow way up high

And the dream that you dare to, why, oh why can't I?

~Israel Kamakawiwo Ole'~