Dts Graduation and holiday!

So the reason that i haven't blogged since we've been back is coz i've been on holiday!!! :) the first week back on base we just got our selves re-situated! at the end of the week my mum dad and brother flew out for graduation... graduation was a big day here we "put on smart" (looked pretty) preperation included prealling hundreds of irish potatos and cutting piled of greens!!!! Our graduation service included worship, speaches from our base and school leaders and performances of song which saw the DTS on our feet dancing our little cabina's off to some African pop! haha! we clebrated our first night of freedom with a trip to flavours cafe for dinner it was really great way to celebrate with our friends and some of our parents too!
while the parents were out here the took the tour of Jinja (not sure of what they thought of the cramed minni buses boda rides and posho and beans that i now call home!) it was really good to be able to share my new livestyle and living conditions with them though i now wont have to try and explain things so much when i come home because they know what things are like now! We took a nice holiday and gorilla safari tour in Queen Elizabeth national park and Bwinidi forest! i nearly got kidnapped by a chimp that very nearly landed out of a tree onto my head, and i have now officially been to the equator and trecked in the rainforest, which was very steep and so many times i got caught in the undergrowth and fell into some holes!!! However i did see gorillas which are amazing animals HUGE but so beautiful and they have such personalities, we also got to see an 8 month old baby which was thr cutest!!! The hotel lodge we stayed in nearly sent me into cuture shock, we had big beds and hot water and A BATH!!! i nearly cried!! haha, we then spent a few days in Kampala with Becca, unfortunatly i got sick with what has turned out to be a parasite! (YAY!) it was good to explore the city a bit more, if yyou ever find yourself in the city check out 1000 cups coffee shop for some amazing drinks and the national theatre for some more cultural experience, i'm sure Tim thoroughly enjoyed dancing up on stage whilst making music with a pot and spoon!!!
We ended the 2 and a bit weeks of family time together back in Jinja with a white water rafting trip on the nile! Mum and dad did surprisingly well the boat stayed upright the whole time however i did end up in the river twice, once bumping onto a rock and getting a lovely bruise, the second time the boat was stuck in a surfing wave and had to be evacuated however i had already been thrown overboard and was floating fdown the river on a kyak!
It was really good to see the family for a few weeks and catch up with home and recieve a whole suitcase of presents!! Thank you to every9one who sent me presents letters and cards! It's been sad to watch Mum dad and Tim return to nice sunny (hem i mean freezy freezy england) but i am excited to start work in the pre-school on base for the next 2 months and i know that i'm not ready to leave Uganda yet!