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Paths Cross
Majok Deng is a rising senior on the Pepperdine basketball team. We had the privilege of meeting him around the time of our recent Prison...
Sally Leist
Jul 11, 20222 min read
You Look Like Joyce!
Three times in the last week, I’ve been told I look like Joyce. First, by Sunday, the front desk clerk at a hotel in Northern Uganda....
Sally Leist
Jul 6, 20221 min read
Free At Last
Last Wednesday, we met 5 young men in Gulu Main Prison in northern Uganda. There was nothing especially remarkable about these men. All...
Sally Leist
Jun 30, 20225 min read
Young Life Explodes
While Scott remodels cars and fights for justice, I have found a thing or two to keep me busy! There are lovely new friends from all over...
Sally Leist
Jun 17, 20224 min read
Scott's Side Hustle - The Defender
In a developing country like Uganda, it is easy to identify business opportunities. Land development, agriculture, mining and...
Sally Leist
Jun 8, 20226 min read
Danger Zone
The frenzy around the latest Hollywood blockbuster has come to Uganda! There are two movie theaters in town and we had yet to visit one...
Sally Leist
Jun 5, 20221 min read
Welcome To Flat 6
If you were driving through Kampala, toward Jinja and you took a short detour off the main road, past the Makerere University Business...
Scott Leist
May 29, 20224 min read
Three Quick Weeks
Let’s just say that I might be a secret, small town Michigander. This latest epiphany came to me during a brief trip back to the U.S. to...
Sally Leist
May 24, 20224 min read
Mother’s Day
Jobs in Uganda are scarce. Pay is low and there are rarely benefits like health insurance or maternity leave to support workers. Daily,...
Sally Leist
May 9, 20223 min read
A Great Storyteller
A couple of weeks ago, Scott flew to Malibu, California for an “Evening at The Beach” to raise funds for Pepperdine’s Sudreau Global...
Sally Leist
Apr 28, 20222 min read
A Bit of Rain
Today! "I bless the rains down in Africa." Toto Yes the lightening coming off Lake Victoria is spectacular.
Sally Leist
Apr 24, 20221 min read
It's Easter
We’re enjoying a long four-day weekend. The city is pretty quiet because Good Friday and Easter Monday are national holidays. Kampala...
Sally Leist
Apr 17, 20222 min read
An Artist's Eye
Uganda can be an exciting, chaotic and difficult place. Kampala is the epicenter of that beautiful madness. When one grows up in the...
Sally Leist
Apr 12, 20223 min read
A Little Fancy
Scott walked in the door last week and proclaimed, “We’re going to a black-tie event on Saturday night.” What? Not our regular crowd and...
Sally Leist
Mar 30, 20222 min read
4 Days in Prison
Most college students look forward to Spring Break to get some sunshine, hang with their friends and “check out.” A couple of weeks ago,...
Sally Leist
Mar 24, 20225 min read
Bikes of the Week
May we never cease to marvel!
Sally Leist
Mar 11, 20221 min read
Rwanda - Part 3
While Scott was working hard to move the justice bar forward in Rwanda, I walked (something a white woman can’t really safely do in...
Sally Leist
Mar 6, 20223 min read
Rwanda - Part 2
Two weeks ago, Scott was speaking with contacts within the Rwandan Judiciary. Pepperdine places legal interns with Rwandan judges every...
Sally Leist
Mar 2, 20224 min read
A Trip to Rwanda - Part 1
The end of the story first .... This past Thursday, we were on our way to the Kigali airport. Scott had negotiated an open-ended fare...
Sally Leist
Feb 26, 20222 min read
A Rugby Safari!
A marabou stork (over 5 feet tall with a wing span of 12 feet) is just part of the game. Just a couple of miles from our apartment is the...
Sally Leist
Feb 21, 20221 min read
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