What a day looks like for us in Uganda.

Yesterday was such a great day! Nothing really profound, but I am finding that even the small, simple things can be the greatest treasures, so I wanted to share it with you!

Our day starts out by homeschooling Keith, Wesley and Jeremiah. Every day is different. Some times they get finished before lunch and other days it takes longer to complete there work for the day. They are settling into a routine and are doing great in their school work.

After school we get some lunch and then typically head out to Hope Children's Home. Some days we have to head into town to run some errands or get something else accomplished. If we do need to go into Kampala (the city) then it takes us a good hour to get there and an hour to get back, so we try to do this a little as possible.

The road out to the children's home is a killer. The road is not paved (dirt) and has deep ruts (some over a foot deep) all along it. We have to drive very slowly to avoid hitting the bottom of the car on the ruts while at the same time trying to dodge pedestrians and boda bodas (motorcycle taxis).

The children in the village all yell and wave at us when we go by..."Bye Muzungu!" "Bye Muzungu!" every day! "Muzungu" means "white person" in their language. If you came to visit here you would feel somewhat like a celebrity!

When we finally reach Hope Children's Home we are greeted by many children who are very happy to see us!

This was what my (Heather) day was filled with while at the home yesterday. It was started by getting my hair fashioned by one of the boys that lives there (Steven Mulondo) he is such a character. My hair fashioning was all inclusive of flowers (see my fashion below).
This was followed by me saying "let's dance now!" I don't know what possesed me to say that but I did. So we danced to the beat of the drum that Steven played for us (the same Steven that gave me my hair fashion)!

I then took pictures of the cutest little girls. They love having their picture taken! I then learned to play a game in the dirt with them. It was very similar to hop scotch, but I kept forgetting to pick up my "baby" (which was part of the game). The "baby" was just a piece of wood to keep my place in the game.

I saw some of the older girls sorting through beans. So I sat down and sorted with them. This is what I mean by small simple things becoming treasures. I lost track of time in this task because I went from learning to sort beans to learning a lot of different Luganda words including the word "beans" in Luganda which is very challenging to say. I then learned a song in Luganda (ok, tried to learn). We talked about many things, all while sorting beans (like what their favorite foods are, what they like best in school, what they want to eat when they come to Uncle Danny and Auntie Heather's house). Take a look at this short video clip below....



Just sitting and being with the kids yesterday was such a delight to me. I can’t wait to enjoy more of these moments with these amazing children.This blog is very long, but I wanted to give you a slice of what are days are like. I hope you enjoy it!