Riding Ostridge?

Yes!!! Well, the Ostridge experience has come and gone, and I think Tim and I would both say it was better than expected. We spent all day with Father Paul riding ostridges at an ostridge farm last friday. It was quite an experience and surely one we will not forget.

On thursday we spent the day with Father Tamale at Sessee Island. These are a large group of 84 islands just off the coast of Uganda. We spent the day at the largest island and were able to visit Father's old parish. This was another great adventure and one we won't soon forget.

As you can see we have been lucky to take quite a few trips near the end of our journey to Uganda. The priests have been awesome and really made such an effort to see that we have a great experience. We are already trying to line up a trip for a couple of them to visit the states either this summer or next summer. I think both priests (Father's Paul and mutebi) seem very interested and serious about the trip as well. It would be a great opportunity for them to speak at schools and churches in the KC and st. Louis area.

As for fundraising we have already come up with a few ideas, and have already talked to youth leaders in kc and st. Louis about possible events. All of them have given us great responses and seem to be on board. We will definitely talk to everyone about possibilities to "Light Em Up" (refering to getting Narozari parish solar power). Tim and I are looking forward to getting back and getting started on helping the parish, school, and students.

We leave next week and this may be my last post. I just want to thank the so many avid followers of timchris.blogspot.com (should have been christim.blogspot.com). We have so many dedicated followers (18) to our page, haha. Thanks again to everyone and we can't wait to see everyone back home. Please have a safe and wonderful holiday with your families and we will see many of you next week.

-Chris