8 weeks
I never knew how much could be packed into 8 weeks until now. Over Christmas, none of us really had a holiday since we had a team coming right after Christmas and a huge event to plan for on January 3 rd . That meant that really only Christmas day was off and we were back at work again on the 26 th . The team of 18 people arrived on the 28 th and we enjoyed several events with them including a seminar for the youth on New Years Eve as well as a teaching/tea time with the ladies. But the really big event came on Friday the 3 rd when we had invited the First Lady of Uganda as well as about 700 other guests to a big event commissioning the opening of the new school building we’re working on for Genesis. The event was a success, and although the First Lady was sick and at the last minute was unable to make it, she sent the area Member of Parliament as her representative, and we had most of the other important political officials present also. It was truly an inspiring day to see all...