Busy Day

    I hate to keep simply posting the play by play, but we have had busy days and I haven’t had a ton of time to process much. Yesterday was great. We went to see our school, went to a market on the DRC and Uganda border, sat in on a teacher meeting, and walked around town a bit. Going to the border town was a lot of fun. Samson took us and walked us to the border, and into the market they have there. The guards near the border also told us not to cross or we would immediately be arrested! Talk about people everywhere! There were many fabric and food stands throughout the market. Unfortunately I did not take any pictures because it is a bit overwhelming to pull out a camera when surrounded by so many people. I will have to get some pics from Francesca. Anyway, we all bought some fabrics. I bought one greenish crazy designed fabric for 11,000 shillings. That is about 5 of 6 American dollars.

Rwentutu Community Christian School

    After getting back to the school we sat in for the end of their teacher meeting and had lunch. Both the meeting and lunch were interesting. Wilson, the headmaster, led the meeting and went through an itinerary topic by topic. He took teacher input and they would decide what to do in regards to each issue. I enjoyed listening; however I am still struggling to understand the Ugandan accent. I am beginning to adjust, but the heavy accents are still difficult for me. I will get more practice on Monday because I was assigned to be a greeter on Monday, the first day of the school semester (Wilson refers to it as “the beginning of time.” When talking about the school year, the end of the year is “the end of time.” ). The portion of the meeting we sat in for basically discussed budgeting issues. The only real difference between this and an American staff meeting was the view from the school (windowless) windows, the lizard crawling around the room, and the last minute planning for how certain school functions would work.
    Oh, and then we got fed lunch. We were dismissed to wash our hands out side. There was a girl outside the door with a pitcher of water she would poured onto or hands. We then went back inside for a giant bowl of rice over some goat or chicken meat. It was especially exciting because we ate with our hands! The four of us also ate what seemed to be way less than the others. There was even a little baby girl sitting next to us that ate just as much as we did! It was a neat and fun experience. I will quit rambling for now. More to come later.