Typhoid?!

So apparently 15 of us volunteers have "typhoid". We were all tested positive at our local doctor here in Lugazi, so he gave us pills to take. Someone got tested at apparently a more legit place in Kampala, because he tested positive but the doctor wouldnt give him pills for it because he had been vaccinated for typhoid in the past 6 months. Apparently if you have been vaccinated for typhoid recently, a false positive is very likely to show up. Typhoid is rare where we live, so the odds that 15 of us have it are very small anyways. We all thought it was pretty funny.

A lot has been happening lately...we've been doing more projects, more weekend excursions, i turned 20 (so weird!), the list goes on. Aly, Stacey, and I randomly went to visit a school that HELP had worked with last year. Thank goodness we did, because there is so much to be done there! We are going to be teaching english and other subjects a couple times a week, and we are going to help them build a latrine. Pastor Josiah and Headmistress Anette are so amazing! I'm excited to work with them. A couple weekends ago, we went to Sipi Falls which was BEAUTIFUL. We stayed at this really nice lodge which was basically a bunch of little bungalows in this ravine next to a waterfall. We went on a hike that got pretty intense at some points but it was really so amazing; we visited three different waterfalls, and me and this girl Lezlie actually repelled down one! It was the scariest thing Ive ever done; it was about 320 ft aka twice as high as bungee jumping! So glad I did it though because it was the best view ever.

We are leaving tomorrow to go to Gulu in northern Uganda to build some adobe stoves at the IDP camps which should be amazing, then we're heading straight on to a safari! Im really excited. Africa is so great.