ah! so much has happened and there is 13 min to post before my internet time runs out, ill do my best
our team came traveled to Busia from Nairobi two weeks ago friday and on the way we saw a man lying on the road, he had recently died from being hit by a giant truck, there was blood pooling from under the blanket placed over him, that got me thinking about death the whole ride.
we crossed the equator to get to Busia, about seven to 8 hours away, and stayed at a home for about 8 orphans and hung out with them for one week. we walked to a school about 2km away and planted trees the first day, prayed for people in the village near the second day, and the third day we taught some classes for the day. its crazy that people who dont know you will let you teach thier students haha. that wouldnt fly in the US. I stubbed my toe badly whilst playing football barefoot like the children.
last week friday we traveled closer to the boarder of uganda, still in Busia, and met up with the rest of the squad, its such a relief to see them, to remember we arent the only ones struggling and experiencing new things the way our team is. We crossed the boarder into Uganda and stayed in Jinja, at a place called (i forgot what it was called) and we stayed about fifty feet from the nile. I slept to the sound of the nile flowing in a hammock the first night, twas awesome. Some of our squad bungee jumped and rafted the nile the day we were there, I and some others hung out for the day, it was good for processing everything that has been happening because the next day we traveled to Mbarara.
Here in Mbarara we are staying at a compound that is home to about five hundred orphans, and also doubles as a school, we are here with another team that had a hard first month and its been awesome getting to know eachother and playing with the children together.
Now it looks like this is our life for the month; playing with children and getting to know eachother. its crazy cause its still not easy.
Sorry for the length, but its been a while, I hope to elaborate sometime when i have more time ie; making cement with builders in busia, laying bricks in Mbarara, giving my toe skin to the girl who once gave me a cockroach, you know, the usual.
