Here’s why you should read this blog, which details my friend Shannah’s trip to Uganda:

If you are going to the latrine in the night, and you are wearing your headlamp so you don’t trip over the cow, it is QUITE LIKELY that you will be followed by a bat. And he will get there first. And then, it is him or you. Probably him.

She went to teach in a grade school there, and is staying with a family in the village. Her blog is hilarious, it’s humbling, it’s amazing. Get in there.