before bungee and rafting
rafting
view of where we stayed after our day...sooo beautiful
annnd here i go
Sunday, May 20, 2012
now this is called living
holy crap has this weekend been a blast! saturday morning we woke up super early and got picked up to go to jinja for...bungee jumping and white water rafting on the nile river! i'll be honest when we got there i had decided i wasn't going to jump but when i saw it i knewwww i was doing it. we got suited up, climbed up to the top and after a 2 minute instruction i found myself jumping off a ledge, free falling over the nile river 125 feet in the air. it was absolutely NUTS. truly one of the most exhilarating, funnest things i have ever done in my entire life though. like let's be honest...how many people can say they have bungee jumped over the nile, not many. after bungee jumping we loaded onto a bus and went white water rafting on the nile. we were on the river for 16 miles and went through some of the craziest class 5 rapids i have ever seen in my life. we didn't see any crocs LUCKILY but our guide saw a 15 foot one last week which was a bit unsettling. alssso, lucky for us we were on the "team extreme" raft with just 6 people versus the usual 8-10 person raft soo basically team x had quite the ride. we flipped in our first rapid, the most dangerous one, and then managed to stay on board the rest of the day but it was the best. one of the best days of my life for sure! after a weekend like that i am ready to hit the road running this week and ready to serve a lot, work hard and then have another great weekend next weekend butttt all is well here in uganda. still missin america but soo grateful for my experiences i am having here and excited to be here! here are some pictures for everyone of this weekend. love and miss everyonee.
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Tator,
ReplyDeleteHow are you! How was your trip to Kampala? It must have been very rewarding (although sad I'm sure) to test the people for HIV. You know I must ask...please be very careful...and I know you will. I can't believe you have already been in Africa for nearly 3 weeks. I think your time will go more quickly over the remaining weeks.
So what's new at home? We are getting ready for Connors graduation next weekend. The following weekend we are having a graduation party for Daniella and Connor. He is also preparing for the all star football game June 8th. They started practice last week and he is doing well. Jordan and Alissa are also coming for Connor's graduation. We are excited about spending more time with Alissa before the wedding. They are very happy together. Mom just got off the phone with Alissa's Mom as they begin to plan details of the weeking in SLC.
I hope you have a great week and serve the people well.
Love you
Dad