A Californian woman visited Uganda and wanted to make a difference. She started Mercy’s Village with her own money and that donated by her friends and family. She continues to collect donations for the school through a 501 3c and visits once or twice a…
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Awesome – Sister Rosemary St. Monica’s Gulu
We passed over the Equator on the way to Gulu. Have you ever seen how water is clockwise on one side of the Equator and counter clockwise on the other? We are a bunch of happy faces on the bus, despite the long 5+ hour ride to Gulu! Awesome …
Awesome – Sister Rosemary St. Monica’s Gulu
We passed over the Equator on the way to Gulu.
Have you ever seen how water is clockwise on one side of the Equator and counter clockwise on the other?
We are a bunch of happy faces on the bus, despite the long 5+ hour ride to Gulu!
&…
Hope North – remember Last King of Scotland?
Did you see the 2006 movie Last King of Scotland starring Forest Whitaker? On our way up to Gulu (located in the north of Uganda), we stopped to visit Hope North.
Hope North was started by Okello Sam. (Names in Uganda include first, the tribal name g…
Hope North – remember Last King of Scotland?
Did you see the 2006 movie Last King of Scotland starring Forest Whitaker? On our way up to Gulu (located in the north of Uganda), we stopped to visit Hope North. Hope North was started by Okello Sam. (Names in Uganda include first, the tribal name giv…
Palau – March 6-8, 2013
September, 1944 (69 years ago) was the bloodiest battle of the Pacific Theater in World War II. My dad served on the U.S.S. Willoughby (a PT boat tender) as a naval doctor and witnessed the battle, healed the wounded that he could, and watched as we lost 2000 Allied forces but gained the islands as […]
Nepal and Bhutan
I loved our youngest travel partner who played “Kathmandu” on his recorder as we flew along the Himalayan uplift into Kathmandu with Mt. Everest on the north side and the long green plains of India on the south of the plane. It was a beautifully clear day! Alan and I visited the town of Patan, […]
Oman
After a very long flight from London, we arrived about midnight to a light dinner at the Ritz Carlton which is next to the Sultan’s Palace outside of Muscat, the capitol. Our morning tour took us to the market place where shops sold food, garments, jewelry and art objects. We noticed that young ladies were […]
125 year celebration of National Geographic Explorations- London
February 24th Alan and I left on British Airways flying to London–our first stop on this most incredible month-long trip to be spent with 60 other seasoned travelers and the key National Geographic explorers. In London we stayed at the Four Seasons at Park Lane which was just a short hop to the West End […]
Remember the dresses the Goodrich Methodist Church donated?
Two wonderful women, I believe Ruth and Nancy, made 129 pillow case dresses. The church family contributes material and funds to assist the women in making the dresses. There are patterns on line and a web page if you wish to investigate.
“Coincidence…
