Meeting with the US Ambassador.
Jimmy Kolker has been the US ambssador to Uganda for the last few years. He has done an outstanding job. We purchased a plaque of appreciation and presented it to him.
(photos courtesy of US embassy Kampala,Uganda)
I have been a volunteer for the embassy for eight or nine years and now serve as the chief warden. We also gave him a letter of thanks.
There was also a letter that I wrote for the state department.
Jimmy was very appreciative. He seemed to be touched by the gesture. He said, "Something like this has never happened before."
Jimmy Kolker has done an outstanding job as the US ambassador. He will be missed. He is going to be working with the state department in a program to help fight AIDS. The US has pledged a huge amount of money for this. He will be working with this program.
Thanks Jimmy for a job well done.
The day after we presented the plaque he invited us to have lunch with him and the two new embassy concillors. We had a wonderful time at the ambassador's residence. It was fun to be able to share with the new guys.
They asked some great questions.
I am so proud to be an American! We have some people in our government like Jimmy who really care.
posted by Jeff Cash @ 5:20 AM
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As I looked at the pictures of the Ambassador it reminded me of the time we had dinner with him, a year and a half ago. I just now looked at a picture of Phyllis and me taken with him. Coincidentially the photo was laying on my desk. Yes, America is served by many good people, although our foreign press would never acknowledge it. - Dad
We too remember the ambassador in your home as you hosted him for dinner. Then we went to join him for the school dedication the next morning toward Bundibugyo. I hate to see him go.
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