Chicago to Atlanta.
Atlanta to Amsterdam.
Amsterdam to Uganda.
The journey begins tomorrow!
Here's the 411 on the trip...
Received an exciting invitation a few months ago from our friends at Compassion International to go to Uganda and experience their work there first hand. Since The Orchard already has a partnership started in Uganda, we felt like this would be a great opportunity to explore how we might be able to expand our global reach.
(Btw - if you're not familiar with Compassion, you need to be. They are making a huge impact in places all over the world. In fact, they're currently helping over a MILLION children in over 25 countries. Amazing, isn't it?)
So....keep your eye out on the blog over the next several days. I'm planning to post photos, maybe a video or two, and of course I'll probably Twitter now and then as well. Also excited to have "the real" Mike Jones accompanying me on this trip!
Uganda is eight hours ahead of Chicago time, so we should be arriving in Kampala (the capital city) sometime around noon (CST) on Friday, May 22.
LINKAGE:
Learn more about Uganda here.
See a map of Uganda here.
Learn more about Compassion International here.
Follow my Twitter updates here.
Follow Mike Jones Twitter updates here.
Over and out.
dude- so excited that you are heading to Africa. Was just in Rwanda 10 days ago with Compassion. Life changing. will be praying for you and the trip to rock your world.
Posted by: Brad | May 20, 2009 at 02:07 PM
I'll be praying for you. Man, that's great!!
Posted by: Glenn Galfano | May 20, 2009 at 04:06 PM
Praying for you bro!!
Posted by: pete wilson | May 21, 2009 at 09:42 PM