Some silver round the grey...
A day in my life... I was asked by MAFUK to blog a day in my life here in Uganda. I could have picked an average day that wouldn't be all that interesting but instead I chose to write about a day 2 weeks ago that I thought you might enjoy reading about. I was able to fly with MAF to Arua to visit the largest settlement in the world right now, Bidi Bidi in Northern Uganda which is hosting 280,000 refugees and is only 1 year old. Thankfully, a friend of mine who is a fabulous photographer from South Africa agreed to fly in to Uganda and come along to take all of the photos. We had to get up at 5am to accompany the pilot to the airfield by 6am check-in...this always creates a problem for me the night before. I seem to have sleep anxiety if I know that I have to be up early, and so lay awake hour after hour counting down the few hours I would have left to function throughout a predictably grueling day. About 3 or 4 cups ...