Our 1st day: 10-31-2014
Today was
an amazing day. We started out with
Ugandan tea and conversation out on the porch with everyone. My imagination of Africa was extremely
different than how it actually is. I was
thinking that it was going to be a desert with lions, other crazy animals,
huts, and tribes or a complete
jungle with raging rivers and monkeys.
But actually it is more like a regular city. Things move and happen in a fast pace, just
like they do in America. There are lots
of amazing plants with huge leaves and strange fruit on them. There are also some cool animals like bats,
quail, and lizards. The quail birds live
all over this compound and they make some astonishing noises, and their nests
are constructed upside-down!
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| Kelsey surrounded by kids |
Anyway, right after some yummy eggs and peanut
buttered bread, we left to visit the school, Rock of Ages.
Oh my goodness!
This school was filled with lovely students
and teachers!
All of the children would
just walk right up to you and grab your hand.
It was a like a little sample of Heaven!
You know, those kids are just so filled with joy!
They absolutely love getting their pictures
taken.
We would take one of them, and
then show them what it looked like, and they would just giggle with glee!
They sang a beautiful song for us about how
Jesus is alive!
It was so sweet!!
We played the hokey pokey with them; they
just loved it!
Next we
went to the market to buy some fruit.
The whole experience at the market was crazy!
Everyone wants you to buy their goodies, and
there are so many vendors.
Most people
were very friendly; they all ask how you are doing.
Some of the people even realized and pointed
out that I was the youngest in the group!
One of Syd’s priorities was to buy some Novita-a pineapple sugary soda-pop.
We bought some and it was so delicious!
I’m thankful for her priorities!
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| Novida!!!! |
Later in
the evening, Kenneth showed some of us how to make chapatti- an extraordinary
fried tortilla!
These are also very
yummy!
After supper, we sorted all of
the shoes!
I’m so stinking excited to
bless all of the kids with new shoes!!!
Thank
you to all who donated the shoes and supported this mission!
Now it’s almost time for bed, and I’m just
reflecting on the day.
God is sooooooo
super impressive, and I can’t wait to see what He will do the rest of the
week!
Thanks God.
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| Typical African Meal |
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