Pallbearers at the
gravesite. 

Me and my cute
niece, Morgandy Skye 

Jonny helping dig
Adam's grave. 

Back home in Missoula
for one day. We have a
new member to the
Partain house. 

Here we go down,
Bujagali falls 

Eli eating blue chalk...
Yum! 

Ben and I came upon this
road block, don't worry
we made it through! 

Can you find me? I
blend in pretty well. 

Ben and I visiting a
village. 

Adam on the train.
I'm so glad I have this
one! 

The start of our 17 hour
train ride from Mombassa
to Nairobi 

Women in Mombassa,
Kenya. 

I call this one
Where's Waldo? 

Zebra's on the side of
the road in Kenya. 

The Source of the Nile 

Elijah eating yogurt,Uganda Style 

Uncomfortable

Many of you recieve a letter from me asking for support to come to Africa. I mention that it was uncomfortable to ask you for your financial support. I said that I wanted to come to a place that would get me out of the comfortable ways of life in America. It hasn't been hard to find that here in Uganda. I'm far from that comfortable life. Everything here is different. Alot of it doesn't make sense to me. Sometimes even good things that happen don't make sense. I'm thankful for the confusion in the midst of good and bad situations. Its made me think about life here and in America. I hope that I don't go back to the comforts of life in America. I hope to come back and find situations there that aren't normal. But most important giving the glory and praise to God when I'm in both.

Crash and Burn

The adventure hasn't stopped!
Yesterday I was riding a piki piki(motorcylce taxi). I was almost home and the driver was going too fast around a turn. I started to fall but caught my leg on the exhaust pipe. Ouch! I will have a great African scar to show you all when I return. I walked the rest of the way home and walked today too. I'm taking a break from the piki piki's for a while!

Learning Lasoga

One of my favorite parts about being here in Africa is language lessons with Roy. Roy is a very smart Ugandan man. He teaches some of the missionaries language lessons. I have learned some of the language but I love hearing about the culture even more.
It will be hard to describe how different it is here in Uganda. I'm not sure if I even want to come back and tell everyone how different it is. Mainly cause I don't know how to yet. Things here are so hard to figure out. Yet the people here are great and have taught me so much already.
Talking to Roy has made me learn the culture here and understand the culture in America as well.

Something New...

Since I have been here in Africa I have seen or done something new just about everyday.
Here is a list of new things that I have experienced.
1. Riding a boda boda(bike taxi)
2. Seeing a giraffe through a train window
3. Riding a camel
4. Seeing a monkey in someone's front yard
5. Driving on the left side of the road, and riding on the left side of the car
6. Driving through pot holes as big as a car
7. Seeing poverty that I can't begin to explain

I'll stop here but I'm sure there will be more before I head back to the states.