A fun and quiet week

I know it's late but I did want to post my last few Uganda  blogs!

Week 3 (10/18-10/24)

There is not much to report this week; I love it here. Sometimes I even forget that I’m in Africa until, I go to take a shower or brush my teeth (w/ bottled water of course). My memory is also jarred back to reality when we make trips downtown or to the store at the bottom of the hill, where the roads are dirt and the organized chaos of streets. There is no words that can describe what it is like being on the roads around here, it seems as though the only law is, avoid hitting things, street vendors, pedestrians, other cars, bodas (motorcycle taxis) …just avoid it…no lanes, no speed limits, no real rules, just try your best to not hit anything. Needless to say after 3 weeks here I have adjusted to life in Africa and I don’t know if I will be able to adjust to life in the States when I leave. 

This Sunday I had my first praise and worship devotion. It went well, it was my first time speaking in church and I was a bit nervous. They tell me I did okay, and that I will get better with time. I sure hope so, because I have weekday devotion in approximately 9 days, and it has to be 30-45 minutes. YIKES!

Children’s Church is going well, the kids are multiplying and there were 12 children this week. We are getting into the routine and the kids seem to be learning a lot. We are teaching the creation story and the kids are really enjoying sharing all the things they know God created. I also think they like praise and worship, this week we had a couple of the kids come up and lead the songs and they were so thrilled.

I have a made a new friend, her name is Gloria, but we call her Glory and she is 3 years old. She is one of Pastor Immanuel’s daughters. She is so smart and already knows 3 languages, and is pretty awesome, although she is definitely 3 and sharing and following directions are not her strong suits, yet. Any who, since they moved in she is becoming more attached to me I knew we would be friends when she would constantly ask me, “What is your name?” and “who is your friend?” Glory and I hang out pretty much all day while her parents are working in the office. We eat lunch together and explore the area surrounding the house. I know she is becoming more comfortable with me because sometimes she starts speaking in Luganda and I don’t know what she is saying, but she is excited about it is.

This Saturday we had some visitors from the animal kingdom. MONKEYS!!! A whole entire family of them, wild monkeys from the hills behind us!! They were eating papayas and bananas from the trees around the house and having a good time. There were little babies that were so cute and older ones of course, they stayed for a couple of hours and I have excellent pictures to show when I get home.