Again, my friends and family are amazing! I have gotten such an out pour of letters, emails, Facebook messages, etc about my Uganda trip! Your supportive words just fill my heart with encouragement!
Also, I have an update on fundraising! I have just $545 dollars left to fund raise! We are so close! I know that we can achieve this by the end of November!
Thank you everyone!!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Drilling for Water in Ghana
An amazing story about drilling for water in Ghana...
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/39739114#39739114
Thank you Eric for forwarding it to me!
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/39739114#39739114
Thank you Eric for forwarding it to me!
Friday, October 22, 2010
First Fundraiser!! Wine Tasting - YUM!
We had our first fundraiser last night! It was a blind wine tasting with Wine Shop at Home and all of the wines were delicious! It definitely made it hard to decide which wines to purchase!
Wines that were smelled, swirled & slurped were...
Grand Cadeau Sparkling Brut
Cloud 2009 Number Nine
Talmage T 2009 Chardonnay
EVO 2008 Cabernet Franc
Somersville Cellars 2008 Paso Robles Petit Verdot
Talmage T 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon
My favorites were the Petit Verdot... I love the cinnamon flavors in it and the Cloud #9 which was a white wine, blended with Muscat, Sauvigon Blanc Chardonnay and several others...Also known as a great "Porch Pounder"! Ha! I LOVE it!
To top it off - Kat was donating 5% of all wine sells to my mission trip AND Eddie was going to match it!
Many thanks to everyone who came! Special thank you to Eddie Yarmer & Kat McKean for making this happen!
Check out the Wine Shop at Home website for wines or join their wine club! http://www.wineshopathome.com/
Wines that were smelled, swirled & slurped were...
Grand Cadeau Sparkling Brut
Cloud 2009 Number Nine
Talmage T 2009 Chardonnay
EVO 2008 Cabernet Franc
Somersville Cellars 2008 Paso Robles Petit Verdot
Talmage T 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon
My favorites were the Petit Verdot... I love the cinnamon flavors in it and the Cloud #9 which was a white wine, blended with Muscat, Sauvigon Blanc Chardonnay and several others...Also known as a great "Porch Pounder"! Ha! I LOVE it!
To top it off - Kat was donating 5% of all wine sells to my mission trip AND Eddie was going to match it!
Many thanks to everyone who came! Special thank you to Eddie Yarmer & Kat McKean for making this happen!
Check out the Wine Shop at Home website for wines or join their wine club! http://www.wineshopathome.com/
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Fundraising has been MIRACULOUS!!
As of today, we have reached $1175!!! All I can say is WOW! The donations have been so generous and even more so, the supportive words each of you have extended!! THANK YOU ALL!!
Tickets are PURCHASED!
We just found out that our tickets have been officially purchased! Our dates have changed just by one day though - we are now leaving Jan 5th and coming back on Jan 16th.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Sports
Soccer, Cricket, rallying and hockey are the most popular or commonly played sports in Uganda.
Even though Uganda has produced many rally champions, hockey is the only Ugandan field sport to date to have qualified for and represented the country at the Olympics in Munich 1972.
Even though Uganda has produced many rally champions, hockey is the only Ugandan field sport to date to have qualified for and represented the country at the Olympics in Munich 1972.
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