Details are hard to share when there are so very many of them.

We (Acen Brittany and I) have been continuously busy beginning with interviewing women from 9 am through 4pm Monday through Firday. This is an incredibly wonderful opportunity, and highly draining. Upon arrival in a village 15-20 minutes away from Gulu by boda boda (motorcycle), near the Unyama Pakwelo Primary School where we are conducting the surveys, there are on average 40-50 women waiting for us.

These women are determined.

They want so desperatly to be interviewed in the event that possibly they could qualify for some assistance through the NGO ChildVoice International whom we are conducting surveys for. They are arriving at sunrise in order that they can ensure for themselves an interview for that day.

This is challenging for Brittany and I as we want so much to interview every woman who arrives that day, but, after seven hours straight, of sitting on bamboo mats in a very warm, dusty, empty brick room interviewing one woman literally, after another without a break; by 4 o'clock in the evening, it is nearly impossible to conduct one more survey with a clear and focused mental status. The emotional aspect of these surveys is intense, as is the interaction between the women and ourselves.

For example, yesterday I interviewed a 19 year old woman who was abducted by the Lords Resistance Army at the age of 12. She lived in the bush for 5 years. Got pregnant by a very old general in the bush, who has since died, and gave birth to a beautiful little girl named Proscia. She is now 4 years old. After arriving back from the bush, her parents rejected her return because she has a 'bush' baby. They now deny her existance. Since then Concy has had a second child, but was left alone once again by the father of her second child after learning that Concey's daughter Proscia was born in the bush. SHe is now on her own, ostracized from her family, as well as by many members of the IDP camp she lives in, attempting her best to provide for her two children. The stories all vary, but the underlining principle remains the same, those who have been affected by this war continue to live in very intense emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual states. Despite that the peace talks are currently in progress between the Lords Resistance Army, Sudan and Uganda, even if they are successful, there remains a tremendous need here in Northern Uganda. That need is the ministry of Rehabilitation, Reconciliation and Re-integration of those affected by this 20 plus year long war. Love, faith and time.