We love you Dizzypants!Love Zeebs and Vivi
ps. please note the African statue hugging itself.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Merry Christmas Dizzy!!!
We love you Dizzypants!Love Zeebs and Vivi
ps. please note the African statue hugging itself.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
1/2 Way Reflections
So I tend to not blog as much as I would like...I think because I only tend to write about things that seem important to me. But really the big picture is awesome but it's good to look at the small things sometimes...the activities that occur everyday and sometimes go unnoticed...so let me tell you about my Thursday, December 10, 2009.
Today I woke up oh like around 9ish. I made some delicious french press coffee and then took my journal and the book I'm reading called "A Long Way Home" outside to the porch. This morning was really cool. Like an Alaskan morning at camp when there is mist on the lake or a crisp Coloradan fall day...it was amazing. It was definitely the coldest it's been since being here in Uganda. Rachel went to Kampala today to pick up our newest staff member/housemate Marayah. woo hoo! So the boys were sleeping or at EPOH and Becca, Emily and I had roomate bonding time on the porch. It was great!
Becca and Alex went to the village around 10:30 as it's their 2nd to last day here and Emily and I went into town to run some errands (we almost fell off our boda on the way...he did a wheelie somehow) But our trip ended up being fruitless because we didn't find a package at the post office and the photo place had no power so we couldn't get our pics printed. Oh well. After we got to home we ate some lunch and went to Babu (a village near Walukuba) with Becca. So Babu. It's quite an interesting village. It's small and the 9 Suubi women who live there who love to gossip so they all knew we were coming! haha. Oh Uganda...
First we went to visit Agnes. Agnes is a big woman who doesn't speak much English but loves having visitors. She laughs and smiles all the time. I don't know if she ever stops! I think the most common phrase you hear with Agnes is "Sank (thank) you for visiting me!" So we chatted and laughed and then Agnes (who was very punctual today) took us to Gettu's house which is near hers.
Gettu wasn't home but her 19 year old daughter Jennifer was. Jennifer is in Suubi as well. Some more chatting and trying explaining that it's hard for 1 person to visit 91 women in 3 months and we were sorry we hadn't visited until now. She got over it pretty fast. Next we all "footed" over to Bosco's house.
Bosco is probably the smallest woman you will ever meet and you would never imagine her being able to birth a child...but she has 4. Her youngest, Kenneth, is only a few weeks old and he is absolutely adorable! We rolled beads for awhile and talked about the baby and why Becca was going back to America. Then Agnes, sticking to schedule, moved us onto Grace's house. (whirlwind visiting today!!!)
Grace also known as Mama Susan loves the rumors...so time at her house is always interesting. There wasn't too many today...just her trying to decieve us into believing that Agnes is pregnant. These Babu women sure can joke... We looked at "Good luck on your exam" cards given to her daughter...they were ridiculous. You know how when things are translated to English from like Japanese they kinda sound ridiculous...well that's how these cards were. One sang to us and talked about their 1 heart, 2 eyes, 5 litres of blood, 206 bones were all wishing her luck on her exams. haha. It was starting to getting later in the afternoon so we let Grace and Agnes know we had schedule to keep and that we really were excited to meet out new housemate and that Rachel should be home with her soon...so we went. We stopped by Edith's on the way out of Babu and just greeted her and continued on.
We tooks bodas home and ate yummy beans and rice and matoke that Betty made for us. We hung out waiting to meet Marayah while listening to Jason Mraz and looking at Alex's Sipi Falls pictures. And then Marayah came! Super great to finally meet her!
Now I'm in town at "Tin-ternet" with Becca. We all came to town and split up to do all our seperate things. And yeah! ...so that was my day...not too eventful or crazy or exciting but today it was the small things that mattered. The sitting on the porch with Emily and Becca. The joking with Babu ladies about marrying Agnes 8 year-old son Steven. The anticipation of meeting Marayah. And the knowledge that I am where God wants me right now. And instead of living in yesterday and looking for tomorrow I am here in my today....content. :)
Today I woke up oh like around 9ish. I made some delicious french press coffee and then took my journal and the book I'm reading called "A Long Way Home" outside to the porch. This morning was really cool. Like an Alaskan morning at camp when there is mist on the lake or a crisp Coloradan fall day...it was amazing. It was definitely the coldest it's been since being here in Uganda. Rachel went to Kampala today to pick up our newest staff member/housemate Marayah. woo hoo! So the boys were sleeping or at EPOH and Becca, Emily and I had roomate bonding time on the porch. It was great!
Becca and Alex went to the village around 10:30 as it's their 2nd to last day here and Emily and I went into town to run some errands (we almost fell off our boda on the way...he did a wheelie somehow) But our trip ended up being fruitless because we didn't find a package at the post office and the photo place had no power so we couldn't get our pics printed. Oh well. After we got to home we ate some lunch and went to Babu (a village near Walukuba) with Becca. So Babu. It's quite an interesting village. It's small and the 9 Suubi women who live there who love to gossip so they all knew we were coming! haha. Oh Uganda...
First we went to visit Agnes. Agnes is a big woman who doesn't speak much English but loves having visitors. She laughs and smiles all the time. I don't know if she ever stops! I think the most common phrase you hear with Agnes is "Sank (thank) you for visiting me!" So we chatted and laughed and then Agnes (who was very punctual today) took us to Gettu's house which is near hers.
Gettu wasn't home but her 19 year old daughter Jennifer was. Jennifer is in Suubi as well. Some more chatting and trying explaining that it's hard for 1 person to visit 91 women in 3 months and we were sorry we hadn't visited until now. She got over it pretty fast. Next we all "footed" over to Bosco's house.
Bosco is probably the smallest woman you will ever meet and you would never imagine her being able to birth a child...but she has 4. Her youngest, Kenneth, is only a few weeks old and he is absolutely adorable! We rolled beads for awhile and talked about the baby and why Becca was going back to America. Then Agnes, sticking to schedule, moved us onto Grace's house. (whirlwind visiting today!!!)
Grace also known as Mama Susan loves the rumors...so time at her house is always interesting. There wasn't too many today...just her trying to decieve us into believing that Agnes is pregnant. These Babu women sure can joke... We looked at "Good luck on your exam" cards given to her daughter...they were ridiculous. You know how when things are translated to English from like Japanese they kinda sound ridiculous...well that's how these cards were. One sang to us and talked about their 1 heart, 2 eyes, 5 litres of blood, 206 bones were all wishing her luck on her exams. haha. It was starting to getting later in the afternoon so we let Grace and Agnes know we had schedule to keep and that we really were excited to meet out new housemate and that Rachel should be home with her soon...so we went. We stopped by Edith's on the way out of Babu and just greeted her and continued on.
We tooks bodas home and ate yummy beans and rice and matoke that Betty made for us. We hung out waiting to meet Marayah while listening to Jason Mraz and looking at Alex's Sipi Falls pictures. And then Marayah came! Super great to finally meet her!
Now I'm in town at "Tin-ternet" with Becca. We all came to town and split up to do all our seperate things. And yeah! ...so that was my day...not too eventful or crazy or exciting but today it was the small things that mattered. The sitting on the porch with Emily and Becca. The joking with Babu ladies about marrying Agnes 8 year-old son Steven. The anticipation of meeting Marayah. And the knowledge that I am where God wants me right now. And instead of living in yesterday and looking for tomorrow I am here in my today....content. :)
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