Happy New Year!
Things have been quite lively at USP! Just a week and a half
ago we welcomed our new group of twenty-two fabulous students…
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| Eddie and the PAs get ready to pick up students from the airport |
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| Students hike up Monkey Hill while waiting for the others to arrive |
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| They're all here! |
We dropped off our four semester-long homestay students at
their new homes, where they were welcomed with big smiles and beautiful Ugandan
hospitality.
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| Homestay students with their trunks and basins - ready to head home! |
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| Anna meets her mama |
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| Rachel with her new mama |
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| Danielle gets a big hug from her new mama |
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| Kennedy's mama so excited about her new daughter |
Over the three days of orientation sessions, we got acquainted
with the K-3 classroom, explored the UCU campus, ate plenty of rice and
beans, and walked around town for the Mukono scavenger hunt!
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| All 22 in the K-3 classroom |
Last Monday we dove straight into Faith and Action class
with a lively seminar discussion on John Taylor’s The Primal Vision. We spent the rest of the week settling into
classes, visiting social work practicum sites for the first time, sharing
plenty of comic stories as we adjust to Ugandan culture, and taking a trip to
the Mukono market for a shopping spree! On Friday we all piled in the coaster for our Faith and Action retreat at Vision for Africa, where we had more great discussion and quality bonding time over card games and coffee.
