March:
Dad came to visit! It was his first ever visit to Africa,
and he survived! More than that, he seemed to do quite well. He came over with
Stan and Mindy, and Debbie joined from Nairobi. For the first of his two weeks he
was outside of the city helping with a pastors training conference, and then
for his second week he got to hang out in Kampala with me and the Acacia crew.
Between all the projects going on at the new senior school, and all the little
things needing fixed at the junior school (blown power chords, projectors to be
hung, etc.) Dad managed to keep quite busy. One of the big tasks for the week
was designing the entry arch for the senior school. I think it came out looking
quite well, don't you? Also, while Dad was here, we celebrated the birthday of
Dr. Seuss with a pajama/reading party. The whole school got paired into reading
buddies and spent part of the morning all over campus reading. Too cute.
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| Reading Day! |
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| The new arch. Photo from Acacia School |
It was really great to have Dad here. I'm so thankful he had the opportunity to come out and visit. And not just because he brought things for me and did so many things for us at the school when he was here (Thanks, Dad!) but it was just really great to see him.
April:
My next visitor came in April. Katie decided that with one
of her two vacation weeks that she gets in her year, she would come see me. I
felt so privileged to be the vacation of choice. It was a very fast week, but
we packed a lot in and had a great time. The main adventure involved the Nile,
some crazy rapids, and a bungee, and in my opinion merits its own entry. But we
also went out and ate Indian food twice, saw a crazy modern dance performance,
bought some art, and she helped me at school too. Although Katie doesn't feel
called to hang up her scrubs and join me in the ranks of classroom teachers,
she was a good sport and helped a ton. Between grading math tests, painting a
beautiful background for our end of quarter chapel, and passing candy out for
quiz answers, I kept her busy. All told, the week flew by entirely too quickly.
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| Ready for Adventure! |
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| Post-bungee. That is Nile water. Not sweat. |
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| The fancy box of after-dinner-seeds at one of the Indian restaurants |
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| Giving awards in front of the lovely background. Thanks, Katie, for the skilled painting. |
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