I know it's a little late, but once again we've been without internet for quite some time now. I've decided that the electricity and internet at the convent are officially on Ugandan time!! For those of you who may not understand what this means, it means that there is absolutely no sense of time!! Anyway, there has been so much that has happened in the past couple weeks, so I will start by going back to the weekend we left for Queen Elizabeth ...

Hello friends!!!! I want to start off by saying that I havn't forgotten about you and I know that I still have to tell you all about last weekend. But I just wanted to tell you really fast about what we've been up to this weekend. We left on Thursday morning for Kampala which is the Capital of Uganda and we spent two days there. We experienced our first boda boda ride (which is like a small motorcycle) and Joy and I even got lost in the city, but rest assured...

Hey Everyone!! I just wanted to let you know that the computer is once again messed up at the convent in Kyarusozi. I will do my best next week to fill you all in about this past week and our trip to Queen Elizabeth National Park and this coming weekend when we travel to Kampala and Jinja!! We're staying in Fort Portal tonight with the Sisters and we're planning on catching an early bus to Kampala to begins our long weekend of traveling which includes white wat...

It has been a good, but sad week so far. On Tuesday we had to say goodbye to Sister Mary and Sister Edith. Sister Mary is heading back to the states and Sister Edith was going with her, but will be back on July 3rd, just in time for our 4th of July party!! We got up and made breakfast for them the day they left and had one last "family meal". It's been really weird without them the past two days, but we're getting used to it. Sister Stella and Sister Pat are...

This past week was great! Life at the convent is the same as always, except we had to say goodbye to Sister Angel who left to go back to Jinja. My luggage finally arrived to Entebbe, and it took all the way until Thursday to get it, but it finally came!!!!! I never thought I would have been so excited to see that red duffle bag, but when most of your other suitcases were packed with supplies and you start rewearing things two or three times it is practically a...