Saturday, June 23, 2007

6-21-07

The second group has arrived. They seem to be pretty cool people. Laid back and diverse. Angie and I ran this morning. We called it an adventure run because we were lost half the time. It was nice though. And I went to the bathroom again. That is 3 days in a row! Thanks so much for the prayers!

I had to go to the acholi inn for a shower because we still don't have water and we were meeting the u.s. ambassador to Uganda. We all got dolled up and went to the bank of Uganda where his wife was facilitating a book talk with some of the IC scholarship students. IC has developed this scholarship/mentor program that is really great. It pays students school fees and provides mentors to them. Jolee was there as well. After the talk the ambassadors wife opened it up to general questions. The questions ranged from laws on pornography to racism in the u.s. the kids where really knowledgeable about world affairs. We missed the ambassadors speech where he apparently asked us to stand. We met him outside before he left and shook his hand and spoke to him briefly. He invited us to the 4 th of july celebration at the embassy in kampala. We will still be in Gulu but it was neat to get an invite. I am pretty sure any American in Uganda is invited. Jolee spoke after the discussion about how great it is to get the students talking and asking questions and encouraged them to keep doing that and keep working hard. She is really an amazing woman. I went up to her and let her know what a presence she had.



Jolly & Brenda

4 comments:

Unknown said...

been thinking and praying about you. glad to hear that everything came out ok for you, i was thinking and hoping that things would get better for you. in the bathroom sense that is.
i hope that francis leaves you alone. maybe some body needs to say something to her. i don't know.
keep up the good work and i am proud of what you are doing.
lantz

Anonymous said...

Hey Honey

Im glad that you are going to the bathroom now Funny how that should be a topic of conversation It was good talking to you Saturday Please be careful about Francis People are so undpredictable You need to make sure that you are always with someone because you just never know I Love you and miss you I was glad to hear your voice the other day and you seem so happy and SMART Love you always

Mom

Jeanne St. Germain said...

Danielle:

Just wanted to let you know there are a ton of folks from Eternal who are thinking and praying for you! Your pictures are fantastic -you look like you are having a blast.

Take care and God bless.
Jeanne

Jennifer said...

Hey! I was glad to see your posts- thanks for keeping us all updated! I'm praying for you. So I had a weird dream early this morning when I was trying to convince myself to get up early and get on the treadmill- so I guess that's where this came from: you, me, Darby, Lauren, Michelle, and Morgan's soccer coach (female) from last year (?) were living is some gigantic apartment for 6 weeks- not sure why, but there was a purpose- and Lauren was asleep in front of my treadmill. You told me to use yours because it was better for the arms. It turned out to be this HUGE contraption that was a cross between a giant treadmill and one of those Chuck Norris machines. Anyway, it was really bizarre so I felt compelled to tell you. I'm thinking about you- even in my dreams! I miss seeing your smiling face- Stay positive when things happen like the Francis situation (not like I don't already know you will!). I know everyone around you is blessed by the light you exude. Love you!
Jennifer