My apologies my dear blog readers. Here's the thing...Once i actually get up enough courage to write 'my last blog' for Africa I will have to face the fact thats it is over...So i am struggling with this and instead of writing about my whole LAST MONTH of my african adventure and my being-home-in-america- feelings, i've pretty much done everything in my power to ignore this inevitable post....like, start a new personal blog! SO, visit my life after africa at tortotime.blogspot.com. (don't be confused with, tortortime.blogspot cause that is not it...TORTO is a nickname from my dear friend jonesa. so i thought i'd give it a try)
Anyways, here i go again ignoring what i know must be written...it is 2:39am and i do have work in just a few short hours. But i promise all my thoughts are just waiting to be written in this blog and i will soon.
Thank you come again.
love,
Vickitoria
To keep you sane until then...here are some pictures.
"A Little Bit of Love, a little bit of hope is all you need."--song that my choir would sing all the time.
Here are some kids in our neighborhood.
More than anywhere on earth I found that Africa is a place where there is much love and yet so much is needed.
African women at our mayor's home town. Aren't their dresses cool?
DJ (the one who saved me on the hike..) and Corbin the day we tested 100s of people for AIDs. Can't wait to write about that experience...
My ridiculously sunburned face with my dear monkey, Fiona. She was a part of our Persons With Disabilites group. She was CRAZY and wrapped around me like a monkey and would rip our shirts down and act insane. Loved her so much. Most people couldn't stand her b/c she was so hard to handle and very very mischevious (sp??). Lindsi and I loved her w/ all of our hearts and she loved us too.
A group of us from our team went up to GULU which is Northern Uganda where the war was just 2-3 years ago. We taught business training in the displacement camps and this is a picture of one group after they successfully completed the training and their proud certificates. Seriously, my life was so incredible in that place. What an adventure i was blessed to have this summer. Very honestly, there are many emotions involved and it is difficult to remember my life that seems like worlds away, yet so very close to my heart. (sorry for the cheeeeeze). Not an hour goes by every single day that i do not think about my dear Africa and this past summer, the relationships with the ugandans, the experiences in rwanda, and my best friends i made in my team.
Well, until the next time i can sit down and face the end of my adventure,
:(
heart,
TOR
1 comment:
Hey girl! It's so good to read your blog, I can't wait for the other, more complete, update. See you when I see you.
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