Tonight, I am hosting a special dinner for my 2 favorite "Americans" Okaali John and Odong Robert Oryema. We are going to a place run by a guy out of Chicago and are going to have pizza. The year is winding up by trying to reconnect with old friends until our paths cross again. This morning, several men were working at removing trash from the streets of Gulu. I started to take a wide berth, when the man from the top of the truck said, "Hi, John." It was Patrick Munduga, the head of Invisible Children's Schools 4 Schools program... in some way my boss. And then I remembered that he had talked about his church community was going to do service to the Gulu area, by spending a whole day picking up trash. Trash is sometimes burned and sometimes just thrown into the gutters to wash to the bottom of the city. These gutters can be nasty, and getting involved in picking up the worst of the city is truly a service. I think it is maybe the most humbling experience one can do.
So looking forward to a great dinner, have had cold beers, and right now an ice cold 500 mL Orange Fanta. You forget how much you miss cold drinks until you have one. Revisiting St. Jude's on Sunday before heading back for the final days at Popavissa.
Click on the title for the story of more wonderful Ugandans coming to America
John
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