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…but malaria didn’t kill me. after a year of living in the world’s malaria epicenter (a.k.a. sub-saharan africa), i finally got malaria. the catch is i had to go to thailand to get it. i went to bed late friday night with a fever and complaining that my whole body hurt. […]

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we did something crazy last year this time.  we got married then 3 weeks later we moved to africa.  supposedly the “big” events in adult life are marriage, moving, starting a new job, and going back to school.  we did 3 out of 4 in less than a month.  all worked out great, though, and […]

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i don’t talk much about my job on this blog. i should talk about it more since it’s the reason we’re here, but the day-to-day is the most difficult to make interesting. especially since, what do i do? i manage. trust me, though, this “day in the life of a manager” […]

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you think gas prices in the u.s. are high? check this out: $6.65 a gallon for diesel. no joke. you say, what?! why?! the answer: uganda is in the middle of an ongoing diesel shortage. the gist of the problem:
- uganda is landlocked.
- uganda is dependent on its coastal neighbors […]

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we are unintentionally creating an elephant motif in our house. the long wall in the main room is covered from edge to edge with an elephant printed batik hung by a bamboo rod taken from the bamboo patch in our garden. 8 purple elephants marching left to right across our wall. there’s […]

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we have returned from a 6-day trip to queen elizabeth national park in western uganda. it was our first time there and it did not disappoint. every day was a 6something am wake up to view game or birds or drive to the next place so i don’t have the energy just now to go […]

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i’ve been lethargic in my reading lately. i think it has a lot to do with phil being home. i read a lot more when he’s gone, which explains why i have a new book review since i read a lot when he was in scandanavia last month.

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last king of scotland premiered in uganda right around the time seth arrived in town…about 5 weeks ago. it was a big deal - forest whittaker was here, there was a red carpet at garden city. we didn’t have enough connections - although we do know the bbc correspondent - to get us […]

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i recently wrote about the influx of people looking for jobs now that we’ve advertised the location of our offices. i may have unintentionally sounded frustrated…seeming to say, “please, stop - no more!” then, yesterday i was reminded of the unique position i am in to make a difference.

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