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Solomon Grandy, walked on Monday, rode on Tuesday, motored on Wednesday... and so on. As for Mich and I, we walked on Monday, walked on Tuesday, uh!.. we are still walking. Dallas is a very beautiful city and we love to take our time to sip in the fresh air, chase squirrels, watch turtles and ducks swim and many other things. But... there is always a but, and we need to know what the but is there for, well Dallas is not exactly a walkable city as compared with good ol Philly. If you want to get to the road side or to the backyard, you can walk all you want because after that it just is not possible. Shops, church, entertainment, parks are a long way away. Majority of the Texans drive, there is however a small percentage that take the bus and it's interesting that most people don't even know that Dallas has public transport. Mich and I have had to walk to lots of places, ( I must commend the young man because he takes it in stride, never a complaint, just make sure you have some...

In memory of A.D Ssozi the former headmaster of Kitante Primary School who breathed his last on March 19th 2014 at 5:45pm in Texas. He was 81 years old. May his soul rest in eternal peace. Kitante Primary School Emblem: Child between two parents Kitante Primary School anthem: "There's a school near the museum by the road side,   Oh come to the school of the world  No school is so dear to your child   Kitante is the best in the world.  Oh come come come come  Come to the school by the road side  Oh come to the school of the world  No school is so dear to your child  Kitante is the best in the world " The children sang loud when it came to the chorus:  "Oh come come come come COME to the school by the road side " - even those who didn't know the song well knew this part. School prayer: "Look at me Oh God As my heart silent all To you all I turn For all the sins that I have committed I beg to be forgiven Where I have be...

Friends and family, Thanks for all the bath-day and birthday wishes that came my way today. The international phone calls, emails short messages and the beautiful flower picked for me by Mich. You made my day. Age is just a number right?

Last week Juliana invited us to attend a Watoto concert, we were definitely thrilled. Sam knew that would make my day because I almost always know at least one or two people on tour with the children. We also knew that Mich would certainly be happy seeing as he lives and breaths Watoto, he is crazy about those kids and their stories. The one thing we didn't do was tell Juliana that we knew the Watoto. It took her by surprise especially when we met the team and were all excited about seeing each other again. Mich watched the concert so intently, he didn't move an inch until we were invited to join in and dance. It was so much fun and a nice way to start our time in Dallas. It's amazing how many Ugandans are in this place, I thought we were notorious for keeping "African time" but 30 minutes to the show the front rows were filled with Ugandans speaking Luganda. That must have looked very interesting to the rest of the folks.

Oh by the way, this is our backyard. Need I say more?!

A picture is worth a thousand words!

It will be a week on Wednesday since we have been in Dallas so I can't say we have had a full week here since our trip to Memphis. Today is Sunday, well in effect Monday but... anyway the one thing we were praying about was finding a church. When we were in Dallas earlier this year Sam noted a church that wasn't too far from the rail line and suggested that we try it out. I honestly don't know how he knew it was a church because just looking out at it from the train window one would never figure that out. It's hidden, in the same area with shopping malls and it has no visible sign but it is a church. When we got to the parking lot, wow! plenty of cars parked, service was already in session (we thought they would start at 10am, they start at 9:30am). We were ushered in by a very nice old man, he told us service schedule, luckily we were just in time for the sermon so he took us to 2nd floor and showed us into the sanctuary. Ho! I was just wowed, the place was very posh, ...

I'm sure some of you have been holding your breath to hear all the interesting stories that life has had to offer us with a shift to Dallas and all. Well, I'll start from the beginning, brace yourselves because this is going to be a really long posting. Anyway so May 30th we pack all our belongings, (it's amazing how much stuff we picked up in just over 10 months of being in Philly), we put everything in storage because we figured it wouldn't make sense holding down two apartments, especially with the expense. God was so good that my navigator friends Brent and Diane came over to help us with the shift, Diane took care of Mich, Sam and Brent were carrying the stuff and I was getting rid of the small things that were lying around. We had thought we would spend the night in an empty house on the floor or something ( I don't exactly know how that was going to work) but anyway that was the plan because our flight the next day was at 9:45 am so we needed to have left hom...