Videos

Please tell me whether or not all these videos work for you! Thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8MteGnkmS8 <---- this is a video of my sponsor child Rachael singing to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St84qrN3uAU <---- this is a video of a game the kids in Uganda taught us. I love the end with the kids on the winning team jumping around celebrating. It's a beautiful sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGggUnKoNy4 <----- this is a video of Sauda dancing (I wrote about it in my post about my last trip)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffxks5uTTcQ <----- this is a video of everyone singing the song "All Around" at the TAPP training.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2xpR6um_Ck <----- this is a slideshow of some pics from both of my trips to Uganda. The song is by the Paul Coleman Trio & the words are PERFECT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRMipR5uXtI <----- this is a video of our boat ride on the Nile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5LPJE2DCR8 <----- this is a video of some crocodiles that we got pretty close to

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPv12TeNrYM <------ a video of what we see as we drive through Uganda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhbTTuplOSw <------ video of some crocs & a monitor lizard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH4XjZb6ovg <----- video of Murchison Falls, part of the Nile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDFh8MrLqks <----- video of a giraffe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AJc8mvp2x8 <----video of lots of crocodiles on our Nile boat ride

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umNAT8bRx18 <----- video of an elephant as it crossed the road right in fron of our van

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixB6iZvGDw8 <------ this video has a story behind it. our group would often have "true confessions." One of Chelseys (the girl filming) is that she lies a lot, but always admits it. This video is an example of one of those times.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9QaEelhszI <------ this video is of a crowned crane which is the national bird of Uganda & on their flag.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVOINRrR_po <------ this is a video of singing at the church service we went to. recognize the song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxV2lSOpM0Q <------ this is a video of giraffes and elephant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyk_HSamG_Q <----- this is a video of the tree planting ceremony we had, it is Brittany who is planting her tree.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOlG0TmnT9k <----- this is a video of the rhinos!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOFbPO3BlEg <----- this is a video of my friend Judith leading everyone at the TAPP training in a song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0M5dCxRPNA <----- another video of lots of crocs!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-JQ_E80WoQ <----- this is the video "documentary" we made on the first day of the new year when we saw lions (lioness, lioness', lionesses, lionessesses? -you'll understand when you watch it). :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBSFgsNTQHM <------ this video is more singing at the TAPP training.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFY1C0iEHMo <----- this video is on the safari

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrQo52TNKbE <----- this is a video of a couple giraffe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdgqmlKlKzM <----- this is another video on the safari

HIV/AIDS

Before I went to Uganda for the first time in May, I had never met a person with HIV or AIDs (at least not that I was aware of). I cared about the issue. But that's what I saw it as- an issue. I knew some of the basic facts, I was in Acting on AIDS & participated in a lot of the activities, I felt bad when I heard the stories, etc. But it wasn't a part of my world.

Then I went to Uganda in May of 2006. There we did things with the TAPP program. We went on home visits. I met people with HIV & AIDS, I touched people with HIV & AIDS, I sang with people with HIV & AIDS, I prayed for people with HIV & AIDS, I heard their stories out of their mouths. It wasn't just an issue anymore, it was something affecting people I know.

So when I got back I had a choice. I could leave everything I saw in Africa, I could leave it an ocean & many miles away from me, or it could stay a part of my world. Actually, I'm not sure if it really was a choice. I don't think I could forget if I had wanted to. When I got back I read. I learned in class. I went to other informational things. I got involved in the local ministry. I told others.

Then I went back to Uganda again and it became even more a part of my world. Again I went on home visits, I met people, touched people, sang with people, prayed for people, talked with people that had HIV & AIDS. I learned about HIV and AIDS with and from people who's lives it directly touches. I held children and played with children who's parents have HIV & AIDS. And so much more. When we got tested for HIV in Uganda, I even got a glimpse of the fear of possibly having it, what people who don't have choice of whether it's a part of their world or not go through. It became not only more than an issue to me and a part of my world, but a part of my heart.