Robert Ruhf, PhD

I came to Uganda from Michigan last year and married Sharon, who is Ugandan. Sharon and I recently did a video ("I can stay longer in Uganda") announcing that I am able to stay longer in Uganda after getting my visa extended. This video is our response to some of the questions and comments that we received from that video on another platform. #visa #uganda #africa #immigration

The next episode of our newlywed life in Entebbe, Uganda. Sharon teaches me how to wash clothes by hand, and the result is quite funny at times! #marriedlifehumor #interracialcouple #africa

Sharon and I went to see the new Aquaman movie on Christmas Day. I didn’t like it. #aquamanmovie #aquaman

Sharon and I are grateful to God that my visa to stay in Uganda has been extended! #interracialcouple #marriedlife #travellife #africa

My wife Sharon and I talk about becoming born-again Christians when we were teenagers living on opposite sides of the world (Sharon in Uganda and me in America.

My wife Sharon and I attended the Alur Cultural Festival at the Uganda Museum in Kampala, Uganda on December 12, 2023. We enjoyed celebrating Alur Culture, including the Agwara and Ndara dances (which are shown in this video). Sharon is an Alur by tribe.

Sharon and I are at the Alur Cultural Festival at the Uganda Museum in Kampala, Uganda (November 12, 2023)

The next episode of our newlywed life in Entebbe, Uganda: Sharon shows me how to wash dishes "the African way" (as she calls it) the day after we host a gathering of married couples from our church. #interracialcouple #newlyweds #marriedlife #africa

Sharon is sick. We go to the garden to pick herbs that are used in Uganda (and are believed) to speed up recovery. #herbs #healthy #garden #africa

After picking greens from the garden and showing me how to sort through them (see the previous episode), Sharon (my Ugandan wife) prepares and serves me oboo, a sauce popular among people in her tribe (Alur). #africa #food #interracialcouple #sauce

I’m preparing to eat a tribal sauce prepared by my wife. #africa #sauce

Clips that didn’t make the cut for our last episode. #marriedlife #africs #outtakes

Sharon picks greens from a nearby garden and attempts to show Bobby how to sort through them in preparation for making a traditional sauce from her tribe (Alur). The sauce is known as aboo.

My wife is from the African tribe of Alur in Uganda. Watch as she gives me an Alur name!

Sharon and I discover a fish that somebody deliberately cut and left along the shores of Lake Victoria in Entebbe, Uganda.

I moved from Kalamazoo, Michigan to Entebbe, Uganda on July 23, 2023 to be with Sharon, a Ugandan citizen and the woman I love. We married two weeks later. We recently did our first Live on TikTok together to talk about my experiences so far, including our two weddings (one a civil marriage and the other a traditional African wedding), dancing in church, and riding boda-bodas (motorcycles) as the primary means to get around. Here is the full video!

I retired from my position at Western Michigan University on June 30, 2023 after being affiliated with the university in one capacity or another for 25 years. I flew to the country of Uganda the following month to be with Sharon, who I have been in a long-distance relationship with for the past two years. I formally proposed to her less than two weeks later, and we married only a few days after that. This video tells our incredible story!

Charlie, Simon, Dakota, and I go Geocaching for one last time, at least for now. I have retired from my position at the university and I am traveling to Uganda, where I will be for up to a year. This is our last Geocaching video series together until I return. This part (the third of three) highlights our attempts to find our last Geocache of the day. The sun has set, and we find it in the dark. We have a lot of fun finding this one! #geocaching #fun

Charlie, Simon, Dakota, and I go Geocaching for one last time, at least for now. I have retired from my position at the university and I am traveling to Uganda, where I will be for up to a year. This is our last Geocaching video series together until I return. This part (the second of three) highlights our attempts to find our second and third Geocaches of the day. The sun is starting to go down by the end of the video, so we we will be Geocaching in the dark in the next video (Part 3). #geocaching #fun

Charlie, Simon, Dakota, and I go Geocaching for one last time, at least for now. I have retired from my position at the university and I am traveling to Uganda, where I will be for up to a year. This is our last Geocaching video series together until I return. This part (the first of three) highlights our attempts to find our first Geocache of the day. #geocaching #fun

Charlie, Dakota, and I are out Geocaching on a very hot and dry June day. This is the second of two parts. This part highlights our last four finds. We set a goal to find between 15-20 Geocaches, but the heat eventually overwhelms us with exhaustion before we find anywhere near that many. At one point, my phone even overheats and shuts down. We would only be out for around 2 and a half hours, which is the shortest Geocaching adventure we have ever had. Charlie's brother Simon joins us at the end of the video. #geocaching #fun #hotday

Charlie, Dakota, and I go out for another Geocaching adventure on a very hot and dry June day. It hasn't rained in weeks and the area is starting to experience drought conditions. This is the first of two parts. This part highlights our first two finds. We set a goal to find between 15-20 Geocaches, but the heat would eventually stop us long before we found that many (but that is shown in Part 2). This would turn out to be the shortest Geocaching adventure we have ever had because of the heat (less than 3 hours). #geocaching #fun #hotday

This video highlights several solo Geocaching "adventures" I went on in April and May. Well, they were not all actually solo. A friend joined me for the third "adventure." The first two "adventures" are in the Kalamazoo, Michigan area and the second two are in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area. The video ends with "bonus" videos of Charlie, Simon, Dakota, and I attending the Motor City Comic-Con. #geocaching #fun

Simon is back after not being able to join us for over two months. It's a late April day (April 22, 2023), and it is a cold and wet. Snow starts to fall as we look for our final Geocaches of the day, including one that was in a tree stump. This is the final part of three. #geocaching #fun

Simon is back after not being able to join us for over two months. It's a late April day (April 22, 2023), and it is cold and wet. The rain is expected to change to snow later as we Geocaching around a couple department stores (Walmart and Meijer). This video shows our first four finds in various locations including a tree stump and a fire hydrant. We also have a few interesting conversations about living in the Midwest and about whether we should give up Geocaching due to our inability to find certain Geocaches that should be easy. #geocaching #fun