This letter just came in from David so i thought I’d share with anyone who is still craving African adventure…. such as I…
I have become every good mother’s nightmare, the punk ass kid who comes to the
house to pick your beautiful, god fearing daughter on a motorcycle. I smile at how
out of context this whole idea is where I now stand, in addition i guess i aint much
of a kid anymore either, in ten months i’ll hit the 3-0. It’s amazing this line I walk
between worlds. But the truth is, i was always a weirdo, and maybe between worlds
is just the place I’m meant to settle…
Just got back from a cool motorcycle night ride from the crazy fishing village i visit
occasionally. I brought my sweetheart
and we had a cake baking session with the
womans group from church. Not exactly the date which accompanies this mother’s
nightmare. : )) Maama Kayesu has been asking me for over a year to come and
teach her how to bake cakes. Since that first meeting me and Levi pulled off
December 2008, where I brought 4 homemade cake to. Not to say by any means
we did it alone, but it was the first real project that we had worked on, and it was
amazing.
We called it HDCC’s Visions meeting. And we asked all volunteers, employees, stake
holders and friends of the organization to come share the day with us, dream with
us, tell us what they want from HDCC and also figure out with us HOW to make
these dreams happen.
No, when i look back on the last year and a half and I look at the pile of little scrap
papers with dreams writen on which I pulled out of the burn pile six months ago, I
know that we are still far from these dreams. It’s never easy to forge a dream
into a reality, but as humans we sure have given it one hell of a try, with much help
from the big man in heaven.
This day’s visions, showed me and Levi what we’re standing here in Uganda and
fighting for, and every person I’ve stumbled across here at HDCC has given a great
push to make this world a better place. We are all truly blessed to work together
admist these African smiles and really see God’s beauty, live inside it and feel the
holy spirit. It’s something i feel every so often in this life, and so much i try to ride
that wave…but it’s a difficult wave to ride.
Well, I hope this letter finds you all living your lives, dangerously and happily. I’m
not big on the phrase god fearing, but it is also nice to enjoy His company on this
trip. I wanted to extend my hand, so if any a yall want to check off African
Adventure on your list and youve got a stomach for pit latrines, mosquitos, posho,
matookee, foriegn languages, sad stories, the most beautiful women you’ve ever
seen, and dangerous african come. Tell your friends to come, for a month or a
year, you’re most welcome. consider me your volunteer coordinator and we can
work on a project to help check off the list of dreams and visions that float
through my bookshelf, and float through our heads here. You;ve got skills, dreams,
want to learn something new, try something out. The departments are orphans,
environmentalism, agricultural, teaching, music
, motor vehicle, masonry, tailoring,
and health. With every single one of these projects you can help save the world,
cause let’s face it, there’s plenty to save…
But there’s also plenty to praise. Come and share. If you want to see me on your
trip, then you should plan your trip any where before……………………………. to be
continued………
Love yalls
d
