How close are you to the people you interact with day in and day out? Is your dentist your friend or the parent of one of your students? Do you see your child’s Principal at social gatherings? Do you shop at the same grocery store and worship at the same church?For those of you who have grown up in or lived in a very small town, the answer to many of these questions might be yes and, for us, living here in Ukarumpa, the answer is most definitely yes. If there are six degrees of separation … [Read more...] about Zero Degrees of Separation
Ukarumpa Life
Ukarumpa Halloween
Halloween looks a little bit different here and it’s actually super refreshing. Here is just a little peak into regular life here in Ukarumpa. In Canada, we would head out to Costco or Superstore and pick up mounds of candy and probably expect around 200 kids over the course of the evening. Here in Ukarumpa, we could go and buy candy from our store but, since it is a small store, that is focused on bringing the basics and some comforts of home to our community here, Halloween candy isn’t … [Read more...] about Ukarumpa Halloween
