Back in Kampala

We spent ten days in Gulu at a homestay with ugandan families.  I learned so much and had a wonderful time! It was sooo incredibly hot though! Constantly sweating-- and now in Kampala-- i am actually wearing a sweatshirt as I write this. (but its a really random cold day).

I have really been missing american clothing and food.  African food is really good, but the comfort of american food is just.. ahh :)

I have been doing a lot of thinking lately.  We visited IDP camps (internally displaced persons).  The conditions are horrible, the people are hungry and unable to work for a living- because they are in the camps.  They are completely dependent on NGO's. the government made them move to the camps twenty years ago.  people have started to go back home- but it is so bad so crazy.  I can't stop thinking about the differences in the life I live back home compared to here.  It is uncomparable. My biggest fear is to go back to America and not change the way I live my life.  Im not sure how I could change specifically- but my life is joke compared to this.

Africa is better than i ever imagined! I am learning a lot about myself and growing in who i am.  Some of it is really rough, but I am so thankful to be here, and I have made wonderful friends.  Hope you are all doing well!