I arrived in the night from Wednesday to Thursday at the El Shadai Home.

I feel comfortable now at te home and spent a lot of time with the kids.

Today the current volunteer shows me Jinja. At the moment we are in an internet cafe.

Today I won't have anz pictures because I couldn't transfer them to my laptop, that is because we don't have electricity at the moment, only in the office.

The biggest part of the donations will be used to construct a building on the new land of El Shadai, that hopefully some day they can move there. The other part will be takn to cover the bill for electricity that we have power back again.

Take care,
Meike

Hello everyone,

today is my last day at work. On tuesday at noon I will leave my appartment and I will take off on Wednesday at 10:40 am at Brussel.
I will arrive around 10 pm Ugandan time (9 pm German time) and then still need to drive 140 km by car till we arrive at El Shadai Foster Home. I get picked up at the airport in Entebbe (Uganda) by the home father.

I'm already very excited and looking forward to meet everyone at the home.

Best regards (still from Germany)
Meike

Today I got a letter with my own handwriting on it and I couldn't believe it because that only could mean that it is my visa. But I just send my visa application last Thursday. So I opened the envelope right after I got into my appartement. Do you know what it was?

It really is my visa!!

Now nothing can happen anymore that I can't fly in 4 weeks.

I am so excited about the whole trip and I am looking forward to meet everybody at the foster home.

Hello together,

on the Easter weekend I received the letter from Stephen (the home father) which shows that I will volunteer at the El Shadai Home. End of last week I sent my visa application form to the consulate.

Then I werre shopping to get stuff like the water filter, mosquito net,... .

And I got the message of Nicola (the responsible coordinator) that I will be the lead volunteer form June on. Nicola is in Jinja right now, so that we will meet there, so she can hand over the tasks to me. I will be responsible for the coordination between the home father and the volunteers and I will write the monthly newsletter for the volunteers. I am very happy about those taks and caused through this I will be more often in the internet café as I would be without those tasks.

Tomorrow in 4 weeks I will almost be in Entebbe. I am really looking forward to meet all the guys at the home.

Best regards
Meike

Hello,

you would like to send me a letter or a postcard to Uganda?

If that's the case you can ask me for my snail mail address. ;)

Best regards
Meike

Hello everyone,

on Thursday I had my last appointment with the tropical doctor. Now I am vaccinated against hepatitis A + B, yellow fever, typhus, meningitis and rabies.

I tried the malaria prophylaxis (Lariam) for 2 weeks as well and I didn't feel any side effects. Now the doctor prescribed me enough Lariam, that I can take malaria prophylaxis during my whole stay in Uganda.

With this I did a lot for my health and I only need to prepare my first-aid kit for the travel.

Many greetings
Meike