Rhinos!! We got to stop at the rhino conservation park yesterday! We have been begging Brian and Doug to take us to see some sort of animal but you have to have a big jeep and a lot of time, which we don't have. :) so on our way back from Gulu yesterday we saw a sign for the rhinos! We went and it was incredible.
To see animals like that in their own environment was amazing. Imagining that these grazing animals are stuck in cages in zoos is very depressing. We had a tracker to find them in acres and acres if the land. We saw a mom, dad and little one. I will show pics when I get back. It was kind of our afternoon with no heavy stuff.
We spent most of the day traveling yesterday.
This morning we woke up an headed to the slums. The women we met have incredible stories! They make beads by cutting strips of paper, rolling the paper on a small stick, putting a gloss over them and then creating the designs. We sat there as around 10 women made necklaces. It is how they make a living instead of prostituting themselves or any other things that are so prevalent in that situation. The problem is, they are not allowed to sell right on the street because they cannot afford to rent a small spot along everyone else who sells. They had so many! So they only sell them to people that stop by which is hardly ever. We left with lots :)
We were able to go into 3 of their homes. Words can't describe the slums...it's what they know. They are happy women who have become a family.
When we left, they wanted to give us Ugandan names. We became family :) mamma Lucy, one of the lady that runs the women's fellowship wanted to name me and gave the name Aber (ah-bay) which means "good". I was honored :) it was a beautiful time with beautiful people.
A part of my heart will be left in this beautiful country...
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