Friday, July 18, 2008

Abudul trying to stop whomever may be trying to escape from Dorcas...
No Sebuma does not have chicken pox try as we may to give it to all of them to prevent it at an earlier age.

David, one of my favorite boys in the P4 class.
Sam's granddaughter Rebecca. She is a little fireball!
i caught the lil booger with his sack clothes running away with our rubbish.

 Catching you up: so many joys and trials take place everyday that you may fall asleep if I write all of them. What do you say we get a cup of tea one day in the future and I will try to entertain you with some of the many? As for now, this is what a normal day usually looks like.

My days now consist of waking just before 7:00 a.m. to the knock of a need or hot water being brought for the day.  It is then a sudden explosion of activity.  I run outside to the bathroom for a “short call” in the long drop before another knock wakes whomever may be rooming with me at the time before their scheduled wakeup. Pencils and pens are needed, homework kept safe in my room must be distributed, Frank needs money for transport, Vetus needs money for tomatoes for the lunch they will begin preparing, the storage room key cannot be found, and Musisi is sick.  Then it is off to school. We have now been through 3 Headmasters whom have all swindled money, leaving the school in a bit of a pinch. Luckily I know how to run a school?  I have been entrusted with the responsibility of recording, holding, and spending all of the funds for the school and the home.  So after peeling children from my now completely unfeasible arms, I hand out the money to the cook for charcoal and sugar for porridge, to the deputy teacher for breakfast for the teachers, and the afternoon teachers for their lunches.  Chalk is needed in the schoolhouse. School fees need to be recorded and receipts written and class is about to begin.  I have grown a fondness for teaching after these 6 months.  By no means would I qualify myself as a teacher, but I have adapted and enjoy it most of the time.  After lunch there are wounds to heal, clothes to wash, school shoes to brush, homework to be done, games to play, English to be taught, the garden to be tended to, mango walks to be had, beans to pick, water to fetch, and bathing to finally take place. Marvin, Choto and Eddi have fungus on their head bones so my room is an open clinic after prayers and singing. Sola Bulungi to everyone. Kisses on the heads… ope that one has fungus. eee.

 

So far diseases on my end have been minimal. A slight case of ringworm and just since Tuesday a bad case of Strep throat. Everyone in the village told me it was for sure malaria. Thank goodness it was absolutely incorrect.  Woo whoo!

 


Saturday, July 12, 2008

Oh my goodness I promise I am still alive I just am possibly the worst blogger ever in history.



You know that feeling when you miss a friend's birthday? You have already bought them a present but by the time you remember you missed the birthday you feel it is too late to call, run into them, or give them the present...That is about how I feel now writing on here. It has been well over a month...okay safe to say a month and a half. My humble apology is all I have to offer and a few stories that may make it worth it. ooo and maybe a few pictures if they have the decency to load:

As of late we have dug a garden and it is blooming amazingly. The kids will soon be eating peas and cabbage and potatoes and greens.  A great addition to their bland diet. We have fired our headmaster at the Primary school....and yes, he did steal money and a bed oh ya and a mattress. Wonderful man really, but just couldn't keep someone around who yelled at the teachers in the middle of class. So for the time being I have been learning how to operate a school, teach, and other such activities. 
The home is doing fabulous. God is good and has been such a provider as always. Money comes from the blue and keeps us afloat. Medicines continue to arrive and school supplies are available so the boys are well equipped. 
Thanks to support, the veranda of the main house has been redone and the foundation is no longer in danger of deterioration. 
Abudul dressed in nothing but polythin bags from the rubbish pit yesterday. The top portion looked like a boxer unitard and the bottoms were bikini bottoms with a bit of flair. No pictures to accompany this, but I am sure you can imagine. 
Please forgive me for the lack of information through this blog. Please check out the home's blog for better stories and more pictures. Please. Please. please...
http://dorcaschildrenshome.blogspot.com