Africa, news, shots, gardens...

... and so on, etc.

It is official. Becky and I are going to Uganda with financial help via HELP International. We are planning on being there about a week to help document material for two short docs; one about the eye clinic that will take place (check this video out for our preps) and the other about the other activities that the volunteers participate in like building adobe stoves, helping build schools etc. We are very happy to have this extra experience without having to dig into our own pocket to pay for it. We won't make any money, but we will establish a great relationship with HELP and I will have more to add to my portfolio.

We are shooting stuff (finally) for my senior project about conservation and sustainability. We are headed to the community gardens up in SLC this afternoon and are excited to have a few hours to explore the area and hopefully meet some people. We are also planning on shooting the recycling doc and biking doc within the next month or so. Moving right along.

Now that we are going to Africa and we know exactly what is happening (more or less) we are finally ready to start pushing along with our flight plans. HELP gave us their contact who books the cheapest flights available and I talked with her yesterday. We should have flights booked by the end of the week. That being said, we are also planning on getting shots (malaria, yellow fever, the hepatitis', etc). Lucky for us (sarcasm) BYU insurance does not cover any shots, even for BYU stuff. I love their plan (heavy sarcasm). We can get cheaper shots at our county health office here in Provo and we will schedule those today for ASAP. I can tell Becky is stoked for that (I am being rather sarcastic, aren't I?).

We will keep you posted on dates and more as they come out. We feel very blessed and hope that those blessings also include a long layover in London so Becky can fulfill a childhood dream of going there. I want to help her but we both know that we can't stay long because it is expensive there and we won't be working for almost the whole month of June. We should be fine financially, but we won't have room for much excess.

Thanks for your support!