Day 1!!! (by: Emily)

It doesn't seem real, but we are finally here in Jinja, Uganda! We flew out 6:10pm on Monday May 10th and arrived Wednesday morning at 2:30am...of course, with 8 hours of time change! There was an extra hour added to our first flight because of the volcanoe and then we had an hour delay our second flight because the door fell off (don't worry...it was just the luggage door...and they fixed it!) OH, and something kind of funny...there was someone sitting in front of us for the first flight to Belgium who looked like Prings...well, at least from the back! Alyssa and I thought that was funny! The plane ride was lots of fun!!!

When we got to Entebbe, Uganda it was a little overwhelming. For one thing, our luggage took a bit to come in and we were wondering if it got lost or not and then we couldn't find our driver...BUT, everything ended up working out in the end! There was a small communication gap with the driver...he thought it was 9:40AM..not PM...so, he left to pick us up at 5:00am (it's a long drive) and then he was there all day! Poor guy!

Okay...now, Africa so far:
Goats wandering around the streets, wild dogs everywhere, tons of boda-bodas asking you for a ride, street children, a LOT of poverty...it's definitely eye opening. I have so much I want to say, but I am borrowing my lovely friend Natalie's computer and I think she wants to go back on soon! I don't know if I'll get to say too much as it doesn't seem like there is a computer here...but, we shall see! I am loving everything so far...the babies are so precious. I already want to bring them all home! One funny story about today before I go...ready? Okay...today on our way home from town there was a bunch of street children who were yelling at us and calling us "Mzungus" (that's what they call white people here). They threw a toy at my eye...by accident I'm sure...but they all surrounded me rubbing my skin and trying to hold my hand. They seemed to be intrigued by us because of our skin colour...that was really funny to me. One boy told Alyssa that he wanted a picture with me...his "Mzungu"...so a bunch of little street kids piled around for a picture with me. They were so excited to see the little picture played back on the camera screen... My heart broke for all of those children who are out here on the streets all day and some all night. Everything is SO different than Canada, which I definitely expected! For one thing, you can be a millionaire here....1,000 ugandan shillings is only 50 cents! It's SOOOO crazy!

Opps...I've got to go! This computer is very popular it seems!!!

Much love,
Em