Ali Takes A Tumble

I have been super busy the past few days. On Thursday, Sarah and I went to find a place to watch the USA Ghana game and we ended up at an Irish pub called Bubbles right down the street. There were so many white people there. Even though we lost the game, it was fun to be in Africa and have Ghana win. When we were going home, I got backed into by a car and fell flat on my butt. Easily one of the most embarrassing moments of my life. No matter what I do, I fail to blend in here.


On Friday, a couple of the girls and I went to visit an orphanage about 20 minutes away called Sozu. Two American started it when they came for a visit to Africa. They spent most of their days at a orphanage called Mercy House that had over 200 orphans who only got fed 3 times a week. The government came in and said that they were shutting it down and the children would need to leave so the Americans took the 17 youngest kids on the spot. They rented out a house about 5 weeks ago and they taught a few Ugandan women how to run the home by themselves. Their plan is to leave in October and within just months they were able to create a safe haven for these vulnerable children. The kids are kept in an environment that is similar to any other African family and they have plenty of food to eat. We had the best time hanging out with the kids. Somehow they found stickers and things got a little carried away...




On Saturday we went to a authentic Ugandan wedding. It definitely is not the type of wedding we have at home. The music is more upbeat, glitter is apparently not tacky but beautiful and everywhere and there is no kissing. Did I mention the whole thing was in another language? It was definitely a once in a lifetime experience.


After the wedding we went to a tribal dancing show. The people here are born to move and I would give anything to be half as good as they are at dancing. Oh well. I will continue to pretend.

This morning we took some of the baby's out for lunch. You can only imagine what people were thinking but it was really fun. Some of the kids have never left the home and they were wide eyed the whole time we were out.


Coming home seems so out of reach. I head home tomorrow night and have a long layover in Amsterdam so I am planning on hanging out at Anne Frank's house for a bit and then I will catch my plane to TEXAS and arrive on Thursday.