Our team has been in Uganda for almost an entire week now. Rob, Lindsey and I (Beth) are getting to know the lay of the land, and have begun our work in music and art with the children served by the Namugongo Fund for Special Children. We have spent our mornings traveling to the various breakfast centers in the morning, meeting and connecting with the kids and making contacts with the volunteers. In the afternoons we return to the centers and work toward our goals of building relationships with the children, learning about their situation and helping them find a safe way to express all that is happening in their lives through music and art. The kids are incredibly enthusiastic and beautiful, and their caregivers welcoming and warm.

I am still formulating my personal feelings and reactions to all that surrounds me, so for now I will let you read the impressions of my fellow travelers.

-Bess (Beth)