Journey to Gulu

Today I caught a bus from Kampala to Gulu. The usual 9-hour trip was only 6 since they paved the highway from North to South. This week, I will be working with our newest partner school, Parents Junior School, in Gulu, which is partnered with Coronado Hills Elementary in Thornton, CO.

In every village along the way there are vendors that swarm buses when they stop to let people off. These vendors sell everything from snacks and drinks, to live chickens and goats!

I sat next to a single mom of two boys that were headed to Kitgum, north of Gulu. At first, the older one was very shy, but warmed up to me after a offered him one of my ear buds. We listened to Michael Jackson the entire way until he fell asleep in my arms.

We passed village after village and even the Nile River, before making it to Gulu, land of the Acholi.