guluwalk - bad coffee and overpriced batteries, all for a good cause

This Saturday my Dad, Andrea and I took to the street for an 11km walk in support of the children of Northern Uganda. These children are forced to walk every night to the closest town for protection from being kidnapped by the LRA (Lords Resistance Army) and turned into child soldiers or sex slaves. It is estimated over 66,000 children have been stolen from their homes over the course of this 20 year war in the region.

Team Acholi (the Acholi people are the tribe most affected by this despicable war) consists of Andrea, Maria and I. Unfortunately, Maria couldn't do the walk because of work, but my dad took her place. Together we raised $1285.50!! Thanks ALOT to everyone who donated to this awesome cause. Visit http://www.guluwalk.com/ or Andreas blog for more information. :)

e-bombing and going crazy...

Well..the title sums up the last 3 months of my life...well the last year really.

e-bombing is a term I coined for sending more than 4 emails in a row, to one person, about the same subject, without getting a reply within a 5 minute time span. Andrea and I have perfected the art of e-bombing each other, all night, 7 days a week... sometimes reaching up to 100 plus email's a night...Often bringing unsuspecting victims into our world of madness and confusion (sorry guys). Never mind the text messaging, I wont even go there.

So..whats so important that we must email and text constantly for a year you ask? Well... we are planning our great escape. Which, as you can imagine, takes alot of planning. Here's the coles notes version:

Leave January, fly to Bangkok. Travel Asia /India
Go to Africa in May to volunteer for a while here:

http://www.kidsworldwide.org/tanzaniawatoto.htm

Travel East and South Africa until we either go broke or burn out and go home, or go to South America.

The original plan we devised in October 2005 was a "Round the World" trip... but we obsess about Africa and don't know if we will ever get past it. I am so completely fascinated by that continent. So after a year of surfing, posting, carpooling, saving, making spreadsheets and working multiple jobs....here we are...3 more months.