my team's blogs

I will try to update my blog every week while I am in Uganda, but if I'm a bit behind, my team have blogs that you may want to follow as they will probably be a bit better at keeping everyone up to date!

Susie: www.susieboxhall.wordpress.com

Anna: www.straininafrica.wordpress.com

Jon: jonanduganda.blogspot.co.uk

Kathryn: www.lookingatthesamestars.blogspot.co.uk

stickers!

I was very excited to discover that I had post this morning (I love getting post!). My lovely Aunty had ordered me some stickers to use while I am teaching in the schools out in Uganda. On our training week we were told that the children would call us "Teacher" and then our name, so in my case "Teacher Grace". I now have a lovely set of personalised stickers to give out!

6 days to go!

gap year training

Yesterday I got home from my gap year training in Kent. I had a great week and met my team, they are all lovely and we all get on so well which is such a relief! We met the Trips Advisor for Smile, Barry, who will be our first port of call in the UK for all things gap year, and also Alex, who is the Project Manager in Uganda and will be living with us :)

My team! Jon, Me, Kathryn, Susie and Anna.

We stayed at Otford Manor from the 9th-16th and spent the week learning all about our gap year and team building. Uganda sounds like such an amazing country and we're very very excited to go now!

 

Some of the things we may be doing in Uganda are:

- teaching and assisting local teachers

- sports, music and art activities

- supporting the local church in evangelism and worship

- visiting and praying for the sick

- manual work: digging, tiling, painting

- child and widow sponsorship programmes

Two weeks today!

my gap year begins!

So here I am, on the train to Kent to spend a week with my gap year team and learn about everything we will be doing in Uganda! There's a man sitting opposite me very undiscreetly pickinh his nose and eating it, someone is regretting skipping breakfast this morning...
Before I left I went to see my best friend Hannah as it was the last time we would see each other in 10 months! Her gap year starts today too and she's off to Thailand! It was emotional to say the least! Goodness knows what I will be like saying goodbye to my family!
 Anyway I am very excited to meet my gap year team and for the next 10 months! Good luck to all my wonderful friends who are off to university this month :)
Thank you for all your support and prayers
Grace xxxxx