(Photo of Brittany and Rebekah being ourselves!)


QUICK UPDATE ...
TO BE CONTINUED.

Its been a roller coaster – but that is to be expected. Since arriving in Africa, I have spent most all of my time up until two days ago, with the group of 18 college students who have participated in a semester overseas through Go-Ed, a program affiliated with Feed the Hungry.

http://www.go-ed.net/

http://fhi.net/

Brittany, (the woman I am currently working with) just completed her semester through Go-Ed on Sunday. Everyone except she and one other young woman left for America yesterday morning. Since they left, Brittany and I have been involved in preparations for our departure and work to be done in Gulu. This began with our first meeting with Richard (ChildVoice Lakoti Project Director) to begin preparations. Richard, Brittany and I ventured to the Action for Children office where we met up with a few lead people to discuss the logistical details of the work to be done in Gulu. Action for Children is a partnering organization with ChildVoice International and is assisting us with finding the young women we will be interviewing, among other things. Our meeting was overall successful, however, it clearly revealed that rather then leaving the next morning, it looked as if it would be more like three to four days before everything would be in place to leave fro Gulu. There are many details yet to square away.

http://www.actionforchildren.or.ug/

Brittany and I are now staying at the Uganda headquarters of Feed the Hungry where we attempt to make the necessary arrangements needed in order to get things lined up for Gulu.

Although at this point many of the details needed ironing out are not in our hands, the few things we could be working on are increasingly difficult as the power goes out, and the internet connection dissipates at random moments in time. We have not had internet connection available for more then two days now and electricity is spontaneous. This is causing more delays in establishing the connections we need. Nevertheless we continue to use our time as wisely as we can through continued research on Gulu, Child Soldiers, research methods, and rehabilitation techniques, as well as spending time in prayer, getting to know one another (Brittany and I) and catching up on some much needed sleep.