50 day Countdown!

There are only 50 days til I leave for Texas for training and then a few days later leave for UGANDA!!

Meet the Project Directors

Global Expeditions has posted on their website who the leaders of my trip will be. GE (Global Expeditions) has a few levels of leadership on their trips. The first and top level is called the Project Directors. There are usually 2-3 on each trip. They will over see everything that happens on the trip. Below them are the Team Leaders. Each team will have 2 Team Leaders, a male and a female. They will over see what happens on each individual team. The number of teams on each trip depend on the number of students who sign up for the trip. There could be anywhere from 2-4 teams. Then below the Team Leaders are the Missionary Advisors. They will over see a small group of 4-6 same gender students. They are college aged students. I applied to be a Missionary Advisor on this trip and will be going to Texas 2 days early for extra training. Each leader on a trip receives extra training and are all hand picked for each trip.
The Project Directors (PD's) for my trip have sent the missionaries a message through the GE website. The two PD's for my trip are:
Candace Blackstock and Adam Canales
Both of them have been on and lead many GE trips all over the world. I'm excited to be able to work with them this summer and meet the rest of the leadership and my team in 52 days!!

International Ticket to UGANDA is booked!!

My international air ticket has been booked to UGANDA!! In the past few weeks, I crossed the 1/2 point in fundraising! This means a few things...
1. I'm halfway to going to Uganda!
2. 1/2 of my finances have come in!!
and 3. I can be booked on the flight to Uganda!
All are reasons to celebrate!! :)
So Global Expeditions called last week and told me that they could now book me on the international flight this summer. This also means that my spot for this summer is now secure! There is no turning back now!!
Thanks to everyone for their generous support! This was an exciting 1/2 way point to cross!!!

Refugee Kids

Here is a video taken at a refugee camp in Gulu, Uganda by a Global Expeditions team leader describing the children's ministry we will be doing while in Uganda.

Where is UGANDA??

Some of you may be wondering where exactly Uganda is located? Uganda is in eastern Africa on the Eastern Africa Plateau about 3,200 feet above sea level. It is surrounded to the east by Kenya, to the south by Tanzania and Rwanda, to the west by the Dominican Republic of Congo, and to the north by Sudan. The equator runs through the southern part of the country. Uganda has many lakes and rivers. Lake Victoria is in the south eastern part of the country.
English is the official language of Uganda, however there are as many as 40 other tribal languages spoken. Swahili is the 2nd official spoken language in Uganda.
Uganda has a rainy season from March to May and then again in October and November. However, it is not unlikely for it to rain at any time. Temperatures do not vary too much from month to month. They generally stay somewhere between 70° F and 90° F. However, in the mountains and at night, temperatures can get quite chilly.
Uganda is 7 hours different than New Jersey time.
(sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda , http://www.globaladrenaline.com/africa/uganda/ )

Refugee Camp in Uganda

Here is another video I found on youtube from last year's trip to Uganda. It walks you through an IDP camp in Uganda and discusses some of the ministry we will be doing while we are there.