Sunday, June 28, 2009

And So It Begins

So tomorrow i will be heading out with about 7 other people to Mbale, Uganda.
thus far all i know about our trip is that:
-the journey will consist (roughly) of: an 8 hr flight to london, a 6-7 hr stay in the london airport, another 7-hr or so flight into uganda, and then a 6 hour drive to the hotel to complete the journey for a grand total of... : 28 hours.. roughly. lol.
-we will spend much of our 2 weeks at the Lulwanda Primary School (the orphanage.)
-i wont be able to wear pants/shorts very often, if at all while there (skirts all the way. whoo! lol)
-i will be returning to the states on july 13th
-i am immensely excited to go and cannot wait to see what God will teach me while i am there:)
i will not have my phone throughout any of the trip becauuseee a brief trip to the at&t store, informed us that it costs me $3.50 a minute if someone calls me - if they leave a minute long voicemail, thats 3.50. if i answer the phone for only a minute - 3.50. and text messages are roughly a dollar a pop. SO! needless to say, i will be leaving my phone at home for the next two weeks to avoid any unnecessary charges:)
grandad will have his laptop though and so hopefully i will be able to update on every days goings on evey day or every other day if possible. we'll have a dial-up connection while in uganda so facebook connection is basically out of the question lol.
though im definately not complaining bout not having my phone or fb:) i think it will be MUCH better that way.
but i will try and make some sort of post tomorrow in london.. whatever time it may be there.. haha.

excited face! whoooo!

(yeah crappy picture but you the idea:))

2 comments:

  1. Sounds exciting!! I will be praying for you and your grandparents!!! Can't wait to see pictures when you get back. =)

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  2. Rebekah,
    Your mother is really not happy that you haven't posted anything yet! At least I know you made it there because the team blog has posted twice since you left. Hope you're getting some rest! We love you and are praying for you:)

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