A quick stop at the blog

Its amazing to me that we only left san diego on week ago tomorrow... we have already learned so much and experienced so many different things. I know, however, that there is a LOT more to learn (My very, very tenuous grasp on the Lao language leaves much to be desired and can be a bit frustrating at times)

yesterday Kristin and I took a 2 hour car ride to visit the Awere Secondary School site... Aware is a displaced school that has been renting land in Gulu town since 1996, and they are hoping to move back to Adek, their original town, next year. Construction in Uganda is so different... no hard hats or electric tools, just brick layers, saws and tons of sweat. However, it is astounding how quickly the buildings go up! It may be attributed to the lack of insulation and electric wiring that must occur, but building a classroom block with 3 rooms will only take around 2.5 months! crazy! Even running "behind schedule" we were still impressed by the swiftness of which the Schools for Schools projects are being completed!

We have also experienced what I like to call "the allure of the muzungu." Being white here has made us targets for marriage proposals more times than I find truly comfortable, and it has only been 4 days... I think we shall have to start a tally and see how many hearts we "break" within the next few months. ;)

Today we are visting another school, St. Mary's School in Lacor (pronounced Lachor, if you were curious... in lao all c's are pronounced like chs's). We're taking pictures and writing bios for 10 different students to feature on the S4S website, as well as doing a write up on the progress of the construction there... it should be really fun, I'm looking forward to my first interaction with Ugandan youth.

thank you all for your comments and prayers. I miss all of you, and i love to hear how you're doing!