Yes, I am alive!!

Hello yall…I know it has been a minute since I last updated everyone on my whereabouts and what all we have been doing, and I apologize for that…(MOM) ha. I got a phone call to make sure that I was not drowned at the bottom of the Nile and it made me laugh..I am sorry! Anyways, I am getting a killer tan and some big ole muscles!! Lets see, Sunday we went rafting with Adrift…and had the best time ever!! I thought though I was going to die about 4 times…seriously. We choose to do the full day of rafting and choose the wild ride..which is when the guides intentionally flip you through the majority of the rapids! The scariest part was when we flipped on a class 5 rapid…I swallowed so much river water and felt like I was never going to see the light of day again..it was intense, but fun after it was all over!! They had the safety kayakers there to save me..oh, and then we also bungeed!! We had to jump before we went rafting…and so at 9 oclock in the morning I was jumping off a 145 foot platform!! My jump was awesome though because I got dipped into the Nile up to my knees upside down!! We got it all on DVD! It was a nice way to start of the daay!! Anyways, that night we stayed at Adrift to hangout with people we had met on our trip..our raft name was the baby hippos..because we were retarded paddlers and flipped what seemed like on every rapid..so one of the guys on our raft named us that! Quite funny, aye? Two days last week we spent in the village..here is were I am getting muscles!! It is actually amazing how the men here construct a building..CYORF is building a school/little place for people who have traveled to sleep/office about an hour away from Jinja and so after the worker men dug out the perimeter, once again with a hoe, we filled the thing with stones, all sizes!! Then the next day, they mixed concrete and sand to place on top of the stones for the foundation, I guess, and started bricking..neat fact, their bricks are made of mud/clay type thing and then sundried/fired..so the next day we moved the bricks for the men to start building..the men tried letting me do some of the building..like doing the concrete mix and then the bricks..but I moved to slow for them, so it didn’t last long..Dad, I felt like you'd be proud!! =) I eventually gave up and went to play soccer with the local kids that came out to watch us..I had more fun over there! Ha. Annnnd for up to now…we have had Thursday, and will have Friday and Saturday off to prepare to move out to the school..so today we went back to the Nile River Resort and layed by the pool all day!! It was super great and relaxing..our living situations have become more frustrating than fun now..there are always sooooo many kids around us and its like we go out to work and have to always be starred at and watched all the time..and then we come home and the kids are hanging on us before we ever get into the door..if they aren’t waiting at the top of the driveway!! But, something funny about always being watched..last Friday at the Obama concert..we were just hanging out listening to the music, that was all in another language..but noone was dancing..so then eventually I had to get up and start…and when I did, Erin and Brooke jumped up and then all the sudden flashes started coming from all directions…people from the local newspapers and tabloids..it was funny!! Although we were not able to look at the papers to find the pictures..but I was telling my Mom the other day, everyone knows the 3 mzungus before we ever say anything..even bodas know where we stay before we ever say our address!! Its creepy, but we obviously stand out..so its ok at the same time! We have met some really cool people…we leave though on this Sunday for Mayuge to start teaching so we will be starting over meeting people again..we have met one chick that is 27 and from England..and she is super super awesome!! She has been coming back and forth from there to here since 1999ish I think…but she was so insightful and inspirational to talk to!! Last night Erin and I spent all night listening to her talk about all sorts of things..stories and such..but she has already experienced everything we are going through and so it was very helpful and gave me hope towards my frustrations I am having here at the moment!! I actually saw a lot of myself in her..it was kinda crazzzzy! I know I just said I am getting really tan…but I think the rainy season has begun!! We have had a few bad storms, but for the most part its just sprinkling/light rain… Anyways, I think that about does it for the most part..I love everyone and hope all is well at home!! Much love!!