First Entry

Hello all!
Write a blog, write a blog.. hmmm what to say to you. I am loving my trip. Being alone traveling over to Uganda was not the most fun thing I’ve ever done! I met a few people had some light conversation, and some intense conversations with a guy who put Christianity in a box, he knew ‘everything’. God help me, it was impossible to get through, but I tried anyways. I read a lot on the 4 plane long trip. When I got to Entebbe I saw Mel after like walking 1 km out of the airport that was ‘under construction’ seeing each other but being stuck behind a grandma with a pusher for about 100 feet and only running to see Mel at about 10 feet away! That was painfully unwanted patience. We talked for 6 hours on the way to Canada house. So good to see her! By the way Mel is doing wonderfully well lol, she is a blast! I love the creativity that Mel and I are seeing everywhere. We are catching moments of beauty everywhere we go. It’s hard to explain what I see here. I see people going through life, through emotions they may never feel again or have felt and are trying to wash away. I have seen people who have gone through the Genocide in Rwanda. Their faces say a lot. You may think you would see pain and anger written on their faces but above all we see love. Love was very strong in Rwanda. Our trip there was full of fun! We met many sweet travelers, some a little different than others… to say the least. Then we met locals and they shared their stories on what life was like during the genocide what the consequences were and so on. How about the many orphans that were the out come of humans vulgar actions? Or how about the many women who were raped and now are carrying Aids because of a thoughtless, wait not a thoughtless act it was planned rape (they would get lessons on how to do this) just so they could be better than and make themselves into the ‘supreme beings’ of Rwanda. One hundred days, one million people dead. Neighbors turning on neighbors, family on family, husbands to wives, wives to husbands. The ripping of love and the daggers of pain in seeing your lost ones taken before your eyes over repeated actions of savage outbreaks of a torn government. I have experienced many emotions in Rwanda. They are good though. I have learned a lot. We did not go any further than the Memorial Museum. We had opportunity to go and see dead mutilated bodies that were kept ‘well’ by putting lime on the bodies, many people killed within a school left in the exact position of death in 1994. Sick, I am not into seeing that unless I am in genocide myself. Yick. Ok. This all sounds intense it is but we also have been going out for dinner, walking, talking, chill axin. We have laughed till our stomachs hurt! We are enjoying each others’ company. We have been sharing our thoughts out loud and have had many good things come out of them. Instead of tearing ourselves down we are building each other up… Okay, now for a storey. One night we went out for dinner at about 6:30 we wanted to catch a Boda Boda to our hostel and these 2 guys we were obviously drinking came up and were just ‘hanging around’.. one was picking my purse *trying to steal from a mzungu*, urg! So I turned and yelled, ‘excuse em moi!!!’ *they speak French there* I pushed his shoulder and let me tell you, he moved! What nerve (he didn’t get a thing, my bag is practically bullet proof hehe). Then the other guy was like ‘WOW, madam very good!!’ Then he continues, ‘I love you, I love you mzungu’ (white woman). I turned and said, ‘NO you don’t’ and I swung my leg over the Boda Boda (which is a motorbike) and I sacked him with my foot *then he keeled over*! Then my driver took off (with me). (Guess God really is looking out for me) hehe. That was an awkward thrill! (all you mill guys don’t need to worry about me! You know I can hold my own. Keep on working hard boyz) Anyways, we are safe and these guys are pathetic, good thing I am strong from all that work at the mill Dad! At the moment Mel and I are at Canada house picking pics for the blog and writing down our thoughts for you! We are continuing onto the Sse Sse Islands tomorrow morning. Obviously for some sunnage and campidge. There are 84 islands, I must say it will be hard to pick one. So I will update as soon as possible! I love you all, I hope all is well. Let me know your thoughts and comments! Much love – Adele