I have really loved my month here in
Uganda. It’s hard to believe its coming to an end. I have been
immensely blessed by the staff and women here. Here is just a little
sample schedule of my day this past month here in Uganda. You can see
a picture of my hut below. 🙂
12 AM: Wake up to pee, almost fall out
of hammock, dodge giant moth and a twig I thought was a snake on way
to latrine
1 AM: sleep
2 AM: Wake up and curse my bladder,
kill two spiders in latrine
3 AM: Forget I’m in hammock and almost
fall out when trying to sleep on side
4 AM: Wake up and stubbornly refuse to
let my bladder win this round
5 AM: Hear rooster crowing
6 AM: Wonder how rooster could crow for
an hour strait, give in and visit the latrine again, watch one of the
most beautiful sunrises
7AM: Wake up to the chorus of chickens
and crying children. Have discussion with Tyler about which chicken
is the most beautiful
8 AM: Pretend my coffee isn’t instant
and guard breakfast from the chickens,
9 AM: Give bible lesson in chapel, wish
I could dance and sing as well as the women here
10 AM: Hold some of the cutest children
in the world, get peed on, change
11 AM: Get peed on again, think about
how expensive it would be to get a million diapers shipped to the
Ugandan bush, have a child fall asleep in my arms and forget about
all the body fluids on me
12 PM: retreat to hut, read, sweep hut,
help Ashley get clothes off of wall that ants had attached while
building their home in her hut
1PM: eat beans & rice, sweat
2 PM: farm-which means I moved some
brush around with stick, have to admit toThe overseer i’m a weak mazugu
when I develop a blister in the first 20 minutes
3 PM: walk home from farm,
4PM: shower-and by shower I mean wash
hair in basin and make use of baby wipes
5 PM: get bored and walk to town center
and buy a warm soda (and by town center I mean the three small
shops) Watch girls do a traditional dance, when asked to share muzugu
dancing resort to doing Michael Jackson’s Thriller dance
6 PM: Have good conversation in
community hut, dominate at playing spades, watch amazing sunset
7 PM: eat dinner, team
meeting/prayer/worship time
8 PM: Try to entertain
ourselves-singing country songs, looking at stars, telling stories,
kill bugs
9 PM: Get ready for bed
10 PM: Fall asleep listening to drums
and singing from the huts down the road feeling extremely blessed
11 PM: Sleep- dream about American
dairy products and my bed
