Jinja Vaca AND IJM #2

So as mentioned in the previous post, Coryn, Jamesdon, Randy, Emily, Jake, and I went to Jinja. We used this really sweet van where we could turn the seats around to face each other like we were having a conference. And there were sunroofs and microphones from front to back! I got to see some more beautiful countryside of Uganda. It truly is the pearl of Africa!

Roadtrip excitement!
Coryn likes to play it cool but Em knows how to have fun!

Here's our cute little tent we stayed in that overlooked the Nile rapids!

We went to Bujagali falls and paid some Ugandans to go down the falls holding only an empty bucket. (This is just something you do here apparently) It was quite interesting.

Totally got to watch people bungee jump over the Nile!

We went to Amani Baby Home to get some insight for our Baby home. It was really cool for us who volunteer at the home to see a well-functioning and established home with 52 babies and toddlers! This kid is showing Coryn the photo album of the family that is adopting him from the States! Precious! Another place to adopt from if you're interested!!

It was extremely relaxing, incredible beautiful, and perfectly delicious. =)

Then Emily, Nathan (emily’s friend from Nashville), and I ventured over to the International Justice Mission office in Kampala. As all of you know, I have been pretty involved with IJM for some time so this was a really cool experience for me. The staff there was incredibly friendly, of course, and we talked for a good while. Turns out, the area where they do all their work is in Mukono—where Jake lives and we got to visit. Talking to these people and hearing about their work really stirred my heart again for the work IJM is doing. And sort of in a different way this time, because I am actually living in Uganda. It was the first time I had the thought of, “I could totally live here in Uganda and work for this organization.” Who knows what will come of that, but it was there!

The week prior to this was almost as eventful as the weekend, so expect another post with more wonderful pictures very soon!