To the next fellow: I’ll try to give you some tips. My first tip, TIP 1: sometimes, other people’s tips don’t help. This is the most important thing that I can stress; remember, this is your fellowship. Something that may be true for me, may not necessarily be true for you, and that is okay. …
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What Happened to Lauren in Uganda
I am home, and not in my Ugandan home; I’m back at my U.S.A. home. I wish I could give one straightforward answer about what happened to make me leave early, but I can’t quite do that. There wasn’t one specific event that led to me choosing to leave, but there were a few main …
Choices.
It’s been about three months now since I’ve been in Uganda. I really feel like I’ve been learning a lot. A few weeks ago, my mom came to visit, and we took a trip to South Africa. Everything was exceptionally beautiful. We went to Cape Town, and though I believe that Ddegeya is exceptionally beautiful …
Getting Used to it
It’s been a while since I posted my last blog. I’m sorry about that. The reason is that it’s actually been pretty hard for me to acclimate. Initially, this made me think that I’m not in the right mindset to be writing a blog, but maybe I am. Part of this blog’s purpose is to …
Starting Out
I’ve started writing this blog post a few different times. The first time was weeks before I was leaving, and the theme of the post was going to be about why I wanted to go to Uganda, and why I even decided to apply to the fellowship in the first place back in January. I …
Lauren Gone Ugandan 