Wednesday, May 28, 2008

6 a.m. Little hands knock on our door. School is back in session. Pencils are needed, bandages wanted, homework books need to be collected, money for charcoal and tomatoes for the day. Groggally walk to the shop to fetch the milk from the only small refridgerator like machine in the village. Eat breakfast while preparing for class. No, I have left procrastination behind.
7:30 a.m. Off to school. Teaching is going much much better. I have learned to accept the relaxed style of teaching and learned to cope with the amount of stress I feel from not having students in P3 that are unable to read.
2:00 Lunch. I will forever, once back in the states eat salads and fresh vegetables. Only. After cooked till dead food everyday including and yes, limited too: potatoes, cabbage, beans, rice. But somehow it is still good and keeps us going. Food smood. ooo side note, we had visitors here from Colorado, and they were so wonderful and bought pizza for the entire home! The boys had pizza for the first time in their lives! They loved it by the way. Who would have thought?! Much better than posho...somehow.
Enough with the time table. After lunch we are now going into Kasubi to the market to buy posho, beans, rice, cooking oil (all of which the prices have sky rocketed...eee ugh). Haggling and just living life. Prices are poop right now. Gas is just a bit less than $10 US dollars a gallon. Posho has doubled since January. Not so good here as far as prices go.
As far as life goes, the boys are great and well. Senfuka has chicken pox and with the calamine lotion, he sure is a sight. But he is a trucker and is handling it with class.
The boys are loved and full of joy.

Monday, May 5, 2008

In the beginning, Chris gathered firewood with the help of Balya, Bosco, and Abudduh.
Hassan and I steal branches from trees and whittle the tops into spear like points.
Chris and the boys pretend they know how to build a fire...
Abudduh, Nakato, and Balya attempt to eat marshmellows for the first time. ( a little charred)
Molly and her little sister Judy. Judy has been coming by each day for treatment on her leg :(
Poor Judy hates me...

Iieee! It has almost been an entire month since my last post...so sorry! Things have been just going, going, going. I know, you would have expected everything to just stop...but it hasn't. School finished! Reports were made...off the cuff but nonetheless they were made. Chris and I then went and did some work in Kanungu. After which we traveled up to Fort Portal to visit the Martin's and the Cash's. What a great visit! Since we have been home we have been playing like crazy! If it is not football, or kick the can then it is bonfires and fort building. We have began giving lessons in reading and math. Digging is another past time these days. Our lil house now is completely surrounded by newly planted earth. The boys are great with digging and have been teaching us a lot. Soon we will have our own maize, beans, and vegetables for the home!
Our Matron left the other day. God has completely provided yet again though. Vitas, the sweet girl who had been helping cook and work around the home, has stepped up and is now working as Matron. She will be attending classes to become qualified soon. We are very happy and she loves the boys a whole lot! We are having visitors from Colorado come May 13th! We are very excited to have new mazugus! They will be here for just over a week. Pray for their travels.