Sorry for the bloggy absence. While I was out in Buloba the internet was limited and slow depending on power, time and just it wasn't fast. And for some reason I couldn't connect to the full version of google mail or typepad at all so I couldn't really blog. so here goes. A review of the goings on while I have been in Uganda.
Arrived Monday night. Spent Tuesday and Wednesday at the ARM office. Scanned about 300 letters from kids the first day and the next day read a lot and just did random things. That morning I went downtown with my driver Jack to the craft market. Homemade goods by people who gather to sell them to the muzungus- white people downtown. Picked up a few things and went to ARM. As Jack arrived to pick me up I had a few friends stop in- surprise!
Add in Steve and Emile from the Cornerstone team. It was such an encouragement to my heart. I didn't realize it until I was on my way through town but Amy's comments to me made me feel like maybe me moving to Uganda might actually be a doable thing. I was sad not to see big Billy Browdy in Uganda and the other team members but I will take what I can get. They were on their way to the airport and were making a last minute stop by the ARM office. It was a brief God moment for me. Blessings to each of them as they process their time in Uganda and hopefully for their future trips to serve the Lord half way around the world.
I arrived at the College about 530 and got settled in the dorm. Typically there are 3 students in one room that has 2 bunks and another bed. I was in a room by myself on a hall by myself. But there was no ceiling so I could hear the rooms in the next hall over and since my single flourescent lightbulb worked hardly ever I was grateful for the light from the rooms over nearby. I only had to use my flashlight to read.
I had 2 choices for bathing and toilets- the pit latrine that was immediately behind the dorm and the shower you could get cold water in a bucket to bathe in or walk up the hill that was proably 150 yards to get to for a sit down flush toilet and cold water shower. Grateful for both but at times it was a debate. I walked up to the flush toilet at 11 one night to realize that the maintainence guy had locked it. He found out later that I had tried and left it unlocked from then on. I felt like I was back in Mexico showering in the cold water. One part at a time or camping somewhere. Needless to say my showers were brief.
Tuesday and Wednesday for lunch I had beans and matooke and beans and rice. I did have some great fruit at the ARM office from Sarah- Jack fruit (think a melon flavor from a very different texture fruit…it's hard to describe. carrot and pineapple) Wednesday night I had beans and Matooke and sweet potato ( a mix between an idaho and sweet potato for us). I went to retire for the night and try to sleep with the talking and music from all the students rooms nearby.
view out the dining room the building down on the right is the dorm i stayed in. to the right are the classrooms and the staff toilet. the small building on the left is the pit latrine students use if they are up in the classroom area. It was the original laterines on campus when the school was purchased.
a typical serving of posho and beans. posho is the inside of the corn- they don't use the yellow part and ground and added to water. much thicker than mashed potatos and pretty much zero taste. i will discuss posho in another post. I was served the first couple meals at the school. After that I got my own food and typically got about a third of this size meal.
The view of the sunset over africa on my flight in from Amsterdam to Entebbe via kigali- rwanda.
I will post more in a bit. I'm gonna spread out the excitement. 🙂
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