Lord of all Creation

Yesterday, Anna, Rebecca, Laurel, Jerica and I spent our morning at Kasubi Central Primary School and we loved it! We walked the children from the village to school around 7:30 then waited in the head teacher's office until the morning assembly started. At the morning assembly, we were all introduced to the student body and explained that we would be helping in various classes throughout the day. Anna and Rebecca attended P7 math and science classes, Laurel helped with P5, P6, and P7 arts and crafts, and Jerica and I attended P7 english and P2 english.

Jerica and I waiting for our first class

Jerica and I are both education majors and were excited to see how Ugandan schools and classes were run. The first class we attended was P7 english. (This is pretty equivalent to 6th or 7th grade) Our plan was to just sit back and observe the teachers teach their class as they usually do and we would be there to assist struggling students or help the teachers in any way. The P7 lesson was on the formation of adverbs and the students seemed to catch on pretty quickly. Once Mr. Paulycup finished the instruction and assigned the assignment, Jerica and I went around the class to assist students and check their work. It was a great first class to be in! The students were very welcoming but not completely distracted by us being in there.

After P7 English we all joined the other teachers for tea. Tea time is a very respected time each day around 10:30 for all Ugandans. At school it is referred to as 'break' and the teachers have tea while the students have break/play time for 30 minutes. From one who doesn't drink sweet tea at home in Alabama, I thought that having hot tea in Africa would be a challenge, but I actually kind of like it. It tastes a lot like hot sweet tea but they sweeten it with honey instead of sugar. We all really enjoyed tea with the teachers and are excited to continue this and get to know them better!

 

Today we spent the day at the Abaana's Hope land meeting people who live in the bush. The 30 minute ride to the land is absolutely beautiful! Nature at it's finest full of mountains, trees, plants, animals, sky...all pieces of God's beautiful creation! When we got to the land we met with the workers then headed to meet the people who live in the surrounding huts. We met several families but only a few spoke English which made today challenging. But even with the language barrier, we still had a great day and learned a lot from the people and will be returning again on Thursday.

Precious little boy

Such beautiful weather!

"You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands."

Isaiah 55:12