Yesterday, I had the opportunity to travel to Kitgum, a town/city about 3 hours drive from Gulu. Kristen and I went with Patricia (the mentor I spent the day with a couple weeks ago) and Peter (one of the IC drivers). Because Patricia had to do 4 home visits with students near Kitgum, we ended up spending the night in a hotel and drove back to Gulu this morning... The hotel we stayed in was called "Los Angeles" and I kept laughing at the irony of flying 23 hours around the globe just to end up back home. :)
I'm really working on learning Acholi (Amito ngeyo lebo Acholi- I want to learn much Acholi but Pe angeyo lebo... I don't understand much). I've got flashcards and quiet a few willing teachers. It's a little frustrating at times, wanting to be able to communicate with people in their native tongue, and not being able to. But, I'm going to keep working on it. Hopefully by the time December rolls around I'll be doing better.
I can't believe it's been a month since I left home. Time has been flying by so quickly, I can hardly stand it. I hope you are all having an AMAZING day! I'll try to type up a longer update soon!
love you all!
betsy
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