(June 22 2008)
Hi! Greetings from northern
We arrived there yesterday afternoon and it’s been a blur ever since! We arrived just before sunset…we embarked on a 7 hour bus ride that one could not experience in
First of all, the larger vehicle on the road has the right of way…so usually everyone drives in the middle of the road (paved would be an overstatement) and then if you encounter a vehicle coming your way…whoever has the bigger vehicle gets to keep going without swerving. I took pictures of the potholes b/c there’s no way to explain the roller coaster of a ride we were on!
Anyway, we arrived to the “camp”, Opit at sunset and were chased down the road and waved at by adorable, partially clothed little Acholi children. We’re staying at a “resource center” made of bricks, no electricity or flush toilettes. But we do have bunk beds and great mosquito nets–I actually slept OK last night!
After we arrived and had “settled” it was dark…the stars were amazing and off in the distance there was lightning (yea!) It was 9:15pm and dinner was far from ready, so we followed the sounds of chanting/singing children.
The group we’re with, Connect Africa, has begun setting up their stage with big lights and musical instruments (in the middle of a field) and so where lights are at night…the people who live around flock to them! There were at least 300 little children clapping, dancing and singing along to the leader’s songs. It was quite a sight! (It’s called the crusade part of the evening) We’ll do that again tonight and tomorrow night too.
Today we woke at sunrise to cow and rooster sounds! We had “coffee” 
before our prayer & singing time with the Connect Africa team (most of the team members are people from the
Anyway, as you can see it’s been amazing, and its only day 2 up here in northern
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