Nathan - Yeah trip is going great the building is really slow because of the slow supply of materials... I have done my part in the plumbing anyways. We have done some awesome things like white water rafting and we went on a safari tour which was good. (see post from Ben pprevious) White water rafting was the best though we went down grade 5 rapids which is like massive, people die in that level.
Here are some of the kids from the Village we are staying in. Every kid that sees us goes nuts because they hardly ever see white people. They all yell MZUNGU BYE! Muzungu is white in Luigandan. We are staying in a house with some of these kids, its fun but at times you really need a timeout in your room. We have no hot water, which isn't really a problem cause its so hot here. The power goes off a lot but again its not really an issue cause they have candles and we also have torches.
For christmas we stayed in a place called Kewempi its a town just out of Kampala which is the capital of Uganda. Kewempi is where we have our churches sponsor kids. It was cool to see them and even cooler to join in their church service, church African style!! Jumping, singing, dancing and all sorts. Rob D is known as pastor Rob! He doesn't like the name but he does seem to have to preach a sermon everytime we go to a church. He is getting good at it too.
The kids are great, they faith in God is like nothing I have ever seen. Everything they do is totally focused on giving God praise. They have there own little services in the home, it's intense. There is no holding back they go crazy singing, dancing and carrying on. Well I have to go now but one thing that is for sure, one day you all have to come here and experience this. No excuses.
Ben - We got told not to go to work yesterday morning because it was raining, but it was nothing - I only felt about
3 drops, and after half an hour at work it was sunny! It's probably about 30-35 today. The building is coming along, we've finished the base brickwork and started on the main walls. On the 24th we watched them slaughter and skin a goat for their Christmas lunch at the base. For christmas day we went to Kawempe where a few people
from Wantirna have sponsor children from Rob's last trip. It was great to spend the day with the kids there and their church. The trip to get there was through Kampala, which has the worst smog!!! It gave me a headache and made me nauseous, and I'm still feeling the affects now. We spent Christmas day in Kawempe with the sponsor kids from our church in Wantirna. They live in a lower-class outer suburb of Kampala, the capital city. The day was fun, and we joined them in their church for a 3 1/4 hr service - it seemed to drag on a little bit. We all stood up the front and introduced ourselves to the church and (Pastor) Rob D shared a christmas message. After church we had lunch with Pastor Tom and gave gifts to the sponsor kids.
I think I already mentioned it but here it is again - we went white water rafting last friday on the nile. It was awesome, awesome great fun and if we had time I'd do it again, but I don't think Rob will let us go.
This week we will be working every day setting up profiles and scaffolding for the bricklayers. I'm really enjoying my time here, but at the same time i'm missing some of the creature comforts back home - mainly my own bed and car.
The transport has been very interesting. We have been on the back of push-bikes (bota-bota), motor-bikes (bota-bota) with my suitcase, squeezed four into the back of a small taxi car, squeezed 17 into a taxi van (some people had live chickens with them!!!), and had about 30 in a coaster bus. The roads aren't very good quality and the driving is a bit mulalu (mad/crazy)!
Here are some of the kids from the Village we are staying in. Every kid that sees us goes nuts because they hardly ever see white people. They all yell MZUNGU BYE! Muzungu is white in Luigandan. We are staying in a house with some of these kids, its fun but at times you really need a timeout in your room. We have no hot water, which isn't really a problem cause its so hot here. The power goes off a lot but again its not really an issue cause they have candles and we also have torches.
For christmas we stayed in a place called Kewempi its a town just out of Kampala which is the capital of Uganda. Kewempi is where we have our churches sponsor kids. It was cool to see them and even cooler to join in their church service, church African style!! Jumping, singing, dancing and all sorts. Rob D is known as pastor Rob! He doesn't like the name but he does seem to have to preach a sermon everytime we go to a church. He is getting good at it too.
The kids are great, they faith in God is like nothing I have ever seen. Everything they do is totally focused on giving God praise. They have there own little services in the home, it's intense. There is no holding back they go crazy singing, dancing and carrying on. Well I have to go now but one thing that is for sure, one day you all have to come here and experience this. No excuses.
Ben - We got told not to go to work yesterday morning because it was raining, but it was nothing - I only felt about
3 drops, and after half an hour at work it was sunny! It's probably about 30-35 today. The building is coming along, we've finished the base brickwork and started on the main walls. On the 24th we watched them slaughter and skin a goat for their Christmas lunch at the base. For christmas day we went to Kawempe where a few people
from Wantirna have sponsor children from Rob's last trip. It was great to spend the day with the kids there and their church. The trip to get there was through Kampala, which has the worst smog!!! It gave me a headache and made me nauseous, and I'm still feeling the affects now. We spent Christmas day in Kawempe with the sponsor kids from our church in Wantirna. They live in a lower-class outer suburb of Kampala, the capital city. The day was fun, and we joined them in their church for a 3 1/4 hr service - it seemed to drag on a little bit. We all stood up the front and introduced ourselves to the church and (Pastor) Rob D shared a christmas message. After church we had lunch with Pastor Tom and gave gifts to the sponsor kids.I think I already mentioned it but here it is again - we went white water rafting last friday on the nile. It was awesome, awesome great fun and if we had time I'd do it again, but I don't think Rob will let us go.
This week we will be working every day setting up profiles and scaffolding for the bricklayers. I'm really enjoying my time here, but at the same time i'm missing some of the creature comforts back home - mainly my own bed and car.
The transport has been very interesting. We have been on the back of push-bikes (bota-bota), motor-bikes (bota-bota) with my suitcase, squeezed four into the back of a small taxi car, squeezed 17 into a taxi van (some people had live chickens with them!!!), and had about 30 in a coaster bus. The roads aren't very good quality and the driving is a bit mulalu (mad/crazy)!
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