Jan and I are in Gulu.  I left her resting while I went to a local hotel to get online.  I had hoped to blog often, but TIA (This Is Africa).  We have Wifi at the place we are staying, but it isn't working...TIA.

We have had baboons in our van and an African buffalo nearly visited us in our room...stories to tell later...

Last night we had no electricity, but a student from Stanford Skyped with some of us for a paper he s writing about farming practices and global warming.  Peter told him to come here and visit...it is hard to imagine from a California perspective.  We have been with farmers...women who have a baby strapped on their backs and perhaps another in their bellies.  Having children is important, because they will be the ones to care for their parents.  There is no social net.  If you get hurt or injured, you are on your own.

It is impossible to summarize all we have experienced.  Aid Africa is a wonderful organization working with poor farming villages.  We have been greeted with tremendous love and hospitality.

What has surprised me most, is the number of remarkable, bright, young people we have met.  I have many stories of orphans who are now teens or young adults, and they could change this part of the world, if they could just get education and opportunities.  Aid Africa is helping some of them, but a small investment in their futures would be money well spent.

I am honored to have kept company with such amazing people.

Tomorrow I am scheduled to meet with the local Anglican Bishop...Their church is packed three services per Sunday.  You should see the size of their Sunday School!

Waken (see you later),
Nancy