Another day...

Good evening from Uganda! It’s Tuesday night here and we’ve just come back to Suubi House after dinner with the kids at the village. We spent the afternoon with our house mothers learning how to make Chapati, Irish Potatoes and Beans the African way! After trying to cook with minimal utensils (as they do here!) we learned the skin on our fingers is much weaker than all the Mumma’s! After burning our thumbs, some of us were told our skin is too white to cook with fire! We need to toughen up. After enjoying the spoils of our cooking with the Mumma’s and children, we got to enjoy hearing the after-dinner devotionals that they do each night. We sang some of our favourite songs, like “Jehovah has the final say” and “I am a winner” and listened to a passage of Scripture. Some heard an interesting interpretation of Jonah, where he was eaten by a shark 😊  

 

This morning we split up again and went off to a few different activities. Greg was back into the welding and Dale out at YSU. Glenn, Sasha and Nic did some more painting at the Village of Hope, this time adding some designs to the walls of some of the girls’ rooms. Meagan and Jo braved the crowds in Jinja for some shopping, trying to restock our craft supplies (but not very successfully! Jinja is absolutely bustling 24/7).  And Mel, Deb and Nathan went back to Home of Hope for a morning of singing and playing in the sandpit with the kids there.

 

We have lost power tonight, so an intense game of GOM, or Yaniv, is currently in progress (if you want to check how to play, look up Yaniv, not GOM!) We are really enjoying our team time, and everyone gets along really well. We have shared experiences that have built strong connections between us and we feel very supported by each other. We’re looking forward to the rest of our time together.