I hope everyone had a good 4th of July! We celebrated here in Uganda by singing the National Anthem and “I’m Proud to be an American” and afterwards treated ourselves to ice cream and watched the most Americanish movie we had. We’re still hoping to do fireworks with the kids sometime soon, but we have to get it cleared with the police first :)
Things have been good here! On Saturday, we went to the village where 3 of the teachers live at Smile. They all live in mud huts. We went to the 1st house, and they had huge bowls of chicken, rice, noodles, matoke (fried, mushed bananas), sauerkraut, millet bread, beef, goat, etc. We ate as much as we could, and there was still plenty left over. Then, the 2nd teacher took us to her house and fed us the exact same thing. We ate to the point of diarrhea and throwing up, and THEN the 3rd teacher took us to her house and fed us the exact same thing. We tried so hard to eat it because they had worked so hard to prepare it. Let's just say we all were using the bathroom quite extensively after that... AND the water was turned off, so we couldn't flush. Not a good thing. It was really sad to be in a village with starving children, and to have to excessively stuff ourselves. The good thing was all the leftovers go to kids in the village though. Right after our 3-meal lunch, we went to supper at a sweet couple’s house. Somehow we got on the topic of weight in America, and how it’s not good to be fat or to be called fat in America. The couple just burst out laughing as if that were the most ridiculous thing they had ever heard. Fat being a bad thing?? No way! If only Americans could have so much confidence about their self image while still being healthy :)
We’ve been SO blessed by peoples’ hospitality the past couple weeks. This Saturday, we were even invited to Introduction (a Ugandan tradition… kind of like a wedding, but not quite.) I guess they wanted a more multi-cultural influence at their introduction? They’re dressing us in the traditional Ugandan dress and everything! We’re pretty excited J
Smile has been great! We got to take our cameras this week, which has been fun/crazy… the kids LOVE cameras. I’ve also been able to teach English classes to the widows. At first, I was pretty intimidated when they had me in front of the class of 15 or so women who don’t know how to write even in their own language. However, it has been a blessing, and it gives me so much joy when the women call me “teacher.” The Lord’s really confirmed my passion for teaching on this trip. After I teach, they teach me how to make beads for necklaces. It’s a wonderful thing where I can learn from them, and they can learn from me.
Here are some pictures of the PRECIOUS kids at Smile. Love them dearly!
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| Nula... such a cute kid! |
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| Ocheng... little stud! |
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| The kids LOVE reading Bible stories, and we are more than happy to share it wth them! |
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| Dance parties... a must. |
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| Beautiful faces |
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| Habuchi, me, and Logos |
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| two little cuties: Peter and Andrew |
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| beautiful ladies! |
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| Love these boys SO much! |
Ocheng... his dancing skills are unreal! He's going to be on the cover of a cd or tv show for sure!
Peter winking- just the cutest! And of course chupas (water bottles) everywhere. The kids are obsessed.
Today, we cooked American food for Barbara, one of the workers at Smile. Never have hotdogs and no-bake cookies tasted SO good!
"Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law." -Romans 13:8
God bless you all- thanks for all your encouragement! I feel so blessed!
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