Here are a couple of pictures from around the school buildings of Restore. The first is a picture of the inside of one of the six classrooms. there are a total of 244 students there that must fit into these rooms. The next was of these really adorable kids that walked in from a neighboring town. They were all carrying and using walking sticks which I think was one of the greatest things ever. The final picture is an overall view of the school yard. They are wanting to start up a basketball team here soon so we will see how much help we can be regarding that!

We have been in Gulu now for about a week which feels both impossibly fast and also well deserved. The transition up to rural Ugandan life has proven to be a little more difficult than expected - but for really good lesson building reasons. How is it that I am an American and have lost sight of the fact that a majority of the world does not live like us and that the majority lives without running water, without electricity (which we have failed to have at least once a day), without proper health care and without war. Yet I am privileged to wake up each morning to the sound of the girls at our girls home (most without parents I believe) singing as they do their chores. They feel so blessed that they are alive and they have the chance to go to school and maybe one day make it to university if they apply themselves!

This whole week we have been registering students as they trickle into the school grounds while also helping administratively with some grading, inventories of supplies and balancing of their book (thanks to Deloitte for the last two). But mostly we have been hanging out with the people hear and learning so much about culture, life and faith. They are such beautiful people. We have so much to learn.