I do realise that I have three weeks of my time here to
update you on so I’m going to try and make it nice and succinct.
The week following Kisaake we did a lot of preparation work
for two of the trusties from Smile who came on the 25th.
Highlights: On Monday it was a great encouragement no to
see a women called Constance who had been there since the ministry started.
Having a rest day to recover emotionally and physically from mission, which I
used pretty well (eating the remainder of my chocolate).
Finishing the paper work that we had started to get
attached to; It is a strange thing, to see a name on a piece of paper so many
times you feel like you know them.
Teaching the children at Blessed Word about Zaccaeus –
one of my favourites for obvious reasons (it involves tree climbing.)
Sunday. This was because on Sunday the 23rd of
March it was Grace’s birthday (one of the other gapers) and she decided to have
a barbeque and a joint party with Susie. It was great fun, even though socialising
with people I don’t know very well is a strange thing for me. We had a laugh,
good food and some interesting, seemingly on-sided, water fights. It was also
lovely as somebody (who tried to stay anonymous) had brought a big cake and
said I should share it because my birthday had been reasonably close as well. Unfortunately
this back fired on me as it meant that I also got another birthday soaking.
That brings the total up to four.
The next week I joined the others going back to Ruth
Mother Care on Wednesday after being confined to a sick bed on Tuesday. Using
my knew found knowledge that I like teaching children one on one, I taught a
little girl maths after realising she wasn’t getting it at all. We also got a
very clear picture of what we want to do at that school, so in all, a good day.
On Friday it was my first time in a long time back at FBC.
It was on Palm Sunday and it was really nice getting the children to wave
leaves they had picked. It was great to be back there, especially as we found
out soon after that we will be stopping community outreach for other projects
which means we won’t be going to that community as much as we would like to.
Saturday was really fun as, I finally did something I
have been wanting to do for a while:- look around the shops of Kampala. We had
walked the streets before but not actually with the intention of shopping or
looking in anywhere. Me, Nic and Jon had a great time searching the DVD shops
and having glimpses of others... Then, after heading off to church where I
started teaching a man called Paul chess and getting picked up, we headed
towards a place called Café Javas. This was because we had been invited out by
the trusties, Jo and Graham, for a English style meal. This might sound bad but
it was nice, talking to some English people and eating English food.
The third week was still not a full one for me as on Thursday
I found myself once more confined to the house and this isolation continued until
Saturday. However on Tuesday and Wednesday, being our fourth and fifth time
there, we really got into our stride and we are now taking all the children out
one by one and concentrating on their reading skills. We are doing this because
their exams are in English even though it isn’t their first language. Oh and we
taught them ‘what’s the time Mr Wolf’ which amuses me as my first memory is
playing that on my 4th birthday party with my dad playing the wolf.
On Saturday I had a very interesting experience of being
able to attend a Ugandan Sports Day. It was lovely to see the little children
(and ‘little’ they where as the children were from the age of 3 to 6) be
encourage to participate and not ridiculed for coming last or for tripping
over, or running in the wrong lane. Frankly it was adorable.
That pretty much sums it up. Please pray for health in general
out here, as we’ve had many experiences with it being poor in recent weeks,
with trips to the hospital for two of us gapers and one of my close friends at
church. Thank you :D
It is so strange that we are now 2/3rds of the was our
smile work out here and it only seems to be speeding up.
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