Mar 14, 2012
Feb 23, 2012: It feels great to be back in Uganda and start teaching again! This year we started a new program at the Gulu Public Primary School, and we are still at Gulu Central High school and the Pabo IDP Camp.[...]
Mar 09, 2012
I left Uganda last year at the end of April. This was right after Uganda had held elections, and the country was not stable. [...]
Oct 12, 2011
BYU Hawaii is an amazing place. It is the smallest of the 3 BYU campuses, with less than 3,000 students enrolled each semester.[...]
Sep 11, 2011
This is the email I wrote from Kosovo the week of the 9/11 attacks. It’s about what it was like to be in Kosovo during that time.[...]
Sep 08, 2011
In the coming week, our country will observe the tenth anniversary of the devastating September 11 attacks. We will be asked to relive the terrifying feelings of that day and to remember those who lost their lives and the sense of security our nation lost as well.[...]
Jun 01, 2011
You know you’re doing something right when a fierce team of international heavy metal divas offers to record a benefit album for you.[...]
May 03, 2011
April 18: Last week was the last week of the first term for Schools in Uganda, and the Secondary School (High School) students were “in for their final paper”, which means that they were taking their final exams. [...]
Apr 17, 2011
Last week it was hard living in Gulu. The electricity was off for most of the week. It stayed off 5 days straight, came back for 10 hours, and then went off again for almost 24 hours.[...]
Apr 12, 2011
Last week I took a 4-day break—my first since coming to Uganda in February. [...]
Apr 02, 2011
This last week the schools in Gulu were all preparing for Parents’ Day on Saturday so I didn’t get to teach all my usual students at their regular times because most of them were involved in preparing different activities for the Parents’ Day. [...]