Marc, Rabbis Darren and Gershom at our farewell dinner in Mbale
Shayna and some new friends
The Dollingers in the cotton fields of Puti with the Puti village rabbi
Marc (Moshe) with his Abayudaya namesake, Moshe (Ezekial, the eldest Abayudaya in next to Moshe) at the Annual Music and Dance Festival
Rebecca and friends at the Nabugoye synagogue
JJ, Rabbi Darren (and Gershom in background) singing kabbalat shabbat
The girls in their mosquito nets for sleeping
Rebecca dancing at the annual Abayudaya song and dance festival
Isaac teaches Rebecca about coffee production at JJ's home.
See http://www.mirembekawomera.com/ on this incredible story.
The Dollingers in front of the Moses Synagogue
Rebecca, Rabbi Gershom, Marci, and Shayna celebrating the arrival of a new Torah in Nabugoye
Marc handing off the Torah to Rabbi Darren
Kippot for Rebecca's bat mitzvah drying on the fence
Group picture with Rabbi Gershom at site of King Kakungulu's home
Rabbi Gershom and Rebecca at the site of King Kakungulu's Palace, explaining how they made banana wine in the earthen stone
Isaac, EJ, Shayna, Marc and Rabbi Darren in the Puti village synagogue
Rebecca and a new friend from the village of Nabugoye
Shayna flexing in Nabugoye
Playing dreidle in the Nabugoye synagogue
Rebecca hiking to Sipi Falls in Uganda
Rabbi Gershom's daughter, Daphne, lighting Hanukkah candles
Rebecca with Ezekiel, the oldest Abayudaya at age 94
Shayna with Rabbi Gershom and Tziporah in Nabugoye
Marci and the girls helping to prepare a meal for the Abayudaya community
Gosh, where does the time go? The girls are just about young ladies. What beauty to see different cultures brought together by faith! The Lord has blessed you and yours and you have been assigned an amazing journey by him.
ReplyDeleteShayna's love and compassion shows in these pictures. She will one day be an amazing mother herself.
Rein