Holidays are supposed to be a time when everything comes together.
The weeks leading up to late December come with this belief that we can ascend past all struggles. We can make everything right, seemingly perfect.
The idea certainly isn’t a bad thing, but it doesn’t always work like that.
When things don’t exactly work [...]
The girls have been working on several dramas and dances. In this picture, they’re practicing one of the dances they’ll be performing for Ed and Ashley. Blake has reported that the girls are all very eager to meet them and excited for their visit.
The new school term is about to start. Most of the girls want to go [...]
Last Friday Kelly and Sarah, your friendly co-chairs of the fundraising committee, held a meeting to discuss the upcoming Poker Tournament. Joining us was Melissa, Cathy, and Kiley with Plan Ahead Events of Chicago. Melissa and I met at an event a couple of months ago. She recently contacted me and asked if she could [...]
These are the questions that were presented to the girls:
1. Tell us about your first experience with death. Who died? When? What did you know about death before the event and what did you come to learn about death after the event?
2. Spend a few minutes looking in a mirror. [...]
In keeping with Ugandan tradition, the holidays is a time to leave the big cities, and head to home villages to be with family. Our the girls headed out on December 22nd to their various villages surrounding Gulu, and spent a week celebrating with extended families. Our mentor Oliver made her way to [...]