God Bless America!

As you all know, yesterday was the 4th of July!!!  U.S.A.'s Independence Day!
Mine was a bit different from the past 18 4th of July's that I have celebrated.  I was (and still am...) in Africa.  And being in Africa on the fourth was a very neat experience.
We always say that we are thankful to be able to live in America, the land of the free; but I believe that being here for the past two months has made me even more thankful.  Coming from a country that is well developed and has nice paved roads everywhere ;), it has been hard living in a country completely opposite of that!

Monkey's were EVERYWHERE!! :)

I love Uganda.  Absolutely LOVE it!  I have been taught many lessons while here which I am very thankful for.  One lesson that I have learned: We have so much in the States, and are thankful for so little.  Here, they have so little, but are grateful for SO much.  For every little thing they are given.  Every little blessing that heads their way, they are so grateful for it.  It's been amazing to see and such a grand experience.  I am so thankful to have this opportunity.

Our day off, we went to the Jinja Nile Resort and fed monkeys and swam! :)

However, there are times where I just wish I was back in my home country - The United States.
Last night, as we finished our day of celebration of the fourth, we started to sing patriotic songs.  We sung God Bless America, God bless the U.S.A., and some more songs.  Last of all, we sung our National Anthem.  At that moment, all throughout the room I just felt the love everyone had towards our country.  We all miss it, and we love it so much; it was expressed during our singing of the National Anthem.  It was really neat :)
I am proud to be an American.

Thank you all who made this trip possible, I couldn't have done it without your donations and support.  I love you all and I love the U.S.A! :) Happy 4th of July everyone (even though it is now the 5th...) :)

They were so cute :)