Well it's been a good few months since I last wrote, so here I am, sat with a coffee (who would have thought a tea addict would become a coffee convert?!), attempting to articulate the swirls of thoughts that have been occupying my mind. For some reason, knowing where to start has been the hardest … Continue reading Mind swirls and snowballs →

A few weeks ago I got to reunite with one of my previous bosses. With someone who looked at the freshly turned eighteen year old me and decided to give her a chance. She along with many others contributed to one of many particularly significant years of my life. A year when I was an … Continue reading It takes a village →

On 23rd July a group of 18 youth and leaders from my church arrived in Mbale. As the coach approached, hooting away, and as I opened the gates to the compound they were staying in, I saw 18 excited faces grinning at me and 18 sets of hands waving at me. Despite the long journey … Continue reading Tour Guide Barbie and a change of diet →

Since the last time I wrote it somehow feels like nothing has changed and like a lot has changed simultaneously. Life is full of fun, adventure as well as some challenges. Sometimes it can feel like days become weeks and before you know it, it's a new month. I'm seeing this as a sign that … Continue reading A lion heart and baby steps →

Before I moved to Uganda I knew there would be a cost to an overseas move. People told me that. But as November came closer and closer and the number of shifts I had left to work became smaller and smaller, the pull and the draw here far outweighed my desire to stay. It was … Continue reading The cost →

As I sit here typing, Mbale has been my home for the last 5 ½ months. The decision to move to a completely different city, in a country that I had not visited before, was not one that I made easily. It was the culmination of years of dreams and prayers and the way was … Continue reading Beauty in the unknown →