A luxury weekend in Kampala...

When Jessica and I arrived in Kampala yesterday (Friday), we looked at each other and said- this is a vacation weekend...and that it has been.

We are staying at a guest house that is in association with Music for Life/African Children's Choir and it is gorgeous. There is even a standup shower with hot water...we both took very long showers this morning..haha....There is a group of Americans from Mississippi staying at the same house that we met yesterday, and they have been our saving grace a number of times already. First, we were at the wrong place when we came to Kampala and were pretty much on our own to figure out how to get to the right place, so we left the compound of the first place and outside was their van and they let us come into their van and even got their driver to drive us to the right place. Then, after a wonderful dinner out, Jessica and I were a little lost trying to find back our home for the weekend, and didn't they come walking down the road so we could follow them.

We had breakfast with them this morning....mmm i have to take a minute and mention that breakfast was french toast and Frosted Flakes...who would've thought that 2 things i love so much would be here...anyways...and had a chance to talk to them a bit more about what they are doing and such...they are really very nice people.

While we're on the topic of food, i need to give a quick mention of Jessica and mine dinner date last night-we went to Cafe Roma down the road...well up the road, turn take a sharp left and hike up a rocky hill, then walk down the road again...haha....and there we spoiled ourselves with pizza and pasta and dessert..and we both ate more than we ever should have, but it just tasted soooo good.

Today we spent the morning at the home of the older children who are part of African Children's Choir and got to talk and sing with some of them, which was just wonderful. I met another girl named Natasha who was wonderful and we had a great time being able to ask them about their dreams for their futures and such.

Right now we are at the CRWRC office in Kampala doing some logistical things and checking up on some e-mails and such. This past week in Masindi was wonderful; we had another pig killing- this pig was not as loud, however this time Jessica and i tried some of its' liver..not really a favourite...haha...and we plan on buying a chicken next week and....drum roll....Jessica and I and our 2 friends Brian and Nick are going to help us kill the chicken...don't worry i'll try to take pictures for all those who don't believe i'd actually have my hands on a dead chicken.

It was very hard to leave Masindi, even for a few days, which is not really a good sign of whats to come in about a month, but its also nice to know we get to go back for a whole other month. The rainy season has definatly started, making it very hard to have P.E. class with the kids, but we are making due...however if you have any suggestions of some good sitting and inside games for young children, we'd appreciate them....we've exhausted our brains thinking of them...and we have a lot believe me..haha...a favourite of the kids right now are the dances- Chicken Dance (to which we made up 2 more verses...don't worry we'll teach all of you when we get home) and the Macarena as well as heads up 7 up for the older kids because the younger ones only have benches, not desks. Recently we've started up sherades with some of the older kids as well, and they definatly like that.

There is so much i could tell you and can't wait to tell all of you when we meet face to face again and i have my stack of pictures, but for now, i must get going. Thanks for the comments and e-mails and prayers, they are much appreciated.

Thats all from Uganda for now

Orola Kurungi (Good evening)
tash (a.k.a Amoti- a pet name given to me, which everyone here in Uganda has one of)