June 25th, 2011

June 25th, 2011



The weekends never really feel like weekends here. Sure, we get to sleep in and stuff then head to Musana and just goof off with the kids, but it still doesn’t feel like a saturday back in the states. Time here seems, not irrelevant, but almost less important. All I notice is day and night and morning and evening. It is so peaceful not being tied down to time and materials so much. One thing I do miss would be driving. Definitely will love that when I return.

At Musana today we created something I wouldn’t think many people see here during their life time. It was a slip-n-slide. Such a wonderful idea and all the kids had a blast. A long black thin piece of plastic was laid on the ground and we just dumped countless buckets of soapy water down it. Not having a water source other than the well made this project a bit difficult, but it still worked out ok. Bryan had the great idea of us two flinging the children down the tarp from the top. We both stood on either side and had all the children line up. We each grabbed an arm and a leg and tossed em all the way down. It was wicked and funny to see the kids go flying. Hopefully we get to pull that bad boy out again for them soon.

Another game of capture the flag was played today and my team lost. I blame it on me quitting because the game was lasting forever and also on this boy named Samuel, who is insanely fast, but never stayed in jail after I tagged him. Plus we had really crappy jail guards. It was still a fun time. I also got to give this hemp bracelet I made to my friend Joel. He was stoked on it and I taught him how to make another one if he wanted to. I am really going to miss that kid and hope he never forgets who I am. He wants to go to medical school and become a doctor some day. I am sure he will reach his goal and become a great doctor, which in reality, Uganda really needs. This kid deserves a bright future for sure.