Ugandan Krispie Kreme

It is so hard to believe that it is already July 6th! The past month has been filled with more memories than I will ever be able to fully explain but I have loved ever minute of it here. Thank you all for your prayers for us and I ask that you continue to pray for the remaining 3 week that we have here.

Sunday morning, the 5 of us walked through the village and invited some of the children to come to church with us. We ended up having a pretty large group with us and had a GREAT time worshiping together! I was so happy to have Winnie and Irene come with me and to get to see the joy they had on their faces during the service. They both said that they really enjoyed coming with us and I am hoping that they will be able to come to church with us for the remaining Sunday's we have with them!

 

 

 

Headed home from church

 

Schools in Uganda are different from schools in America for many reasons: very large classes with very few teachers, no set schedule of classes for each day, but what is so hard for me to understand is how they handle school fees. Each school is run similar to the way an American private school is run, in that each student has to pay for school fees (tuition), uniforms, supplies, and books. If the student has not paid or does not have the proper supplies, the child is sent home from school. As I was sitting in a P4 class on Monday I witnessed just how this happens. The teacher started calling names (I thought he was calling roll) and after each name was called the child picked up their books and headed home. It hurt me to watch a class of 111 students slowly dwindle to about 45-50 student...over half of the class got sent home! Even though I do not fully understand this, God has taught me so much and I have become more thankful for the type of school system that I grew up in and will be entering once I become a teacher.

I can now say that I have ridden a "boda boda" (Motorcycle in Uganda)! On Tuesday, Rebecca and I went into town with Annet to go to the market and grocery store. It was such a fun afternoon! We rode bodas into town, went to the market, Uchumi (grocery store), and even had a coffee date at the Coffee Hut. Rebecca and I both found some cool new shorts and enjoyed spending time shopping with Annet!


Yesterday we spent the day at the land and ground has officially been broken for the first building! The workers are working on getting the foundation set for the first building which will be a family caretaker's home. It is so neat to be able to see the progress on land and to know that in just short time, Abaana's Hope will be up and running and making a huge impact on the community all in the name of the Lord!
We spent most of our time walking from village to village spreading the word out about the VBS that we will have next week. We will have the 3 new interns and a group of 9 from Tennessee with us to do a VBS next Tuesday and Thursday for the children who are not in school. We are planning for it to be similar to the VBS that we did at the beginning of the summer in the village. I ask for your prayers as we prepare for next week and that it would not be our words but God's words that speak to the children.

This morning, Anna, McCamy, and I attempted the our great idea of making homemade doughnuts. We made the dough and icing last night and were set to go this morning to cook them. We put the oil in a pot and waited for it to get hot....and it did! We put the first doughnut in the oil it was so hot that we couldn't even see the doughnut because of all the steam. Let's just say that the first doughnut came out looking like charcoal but we got better with practice! The doughnuts ended up turning out great and tastes so good! "Krispie Kreme can't even touch ours"

Final Product

Master Chef's

The 3 new interns will be here this afternoon and we are all excited to meet them and get to work with them for the next 3 weeks. I pray that God will continue to lead and guide us in the relationships that we have formed and will form and that we can be a light to others that we meet!