Browns veranda:)
Silas's Spider - that I was warned about. My first contact with a spider in Africa!!!!
Saturday, 7 July 2012
Friday, 6 July 2012
I have been in Uganda for 9 days now and at New Hope Uganda for a just about a week! Class started on Monday and we have all been sharing our testimonies and journeys God has had us on to get us to here! Been great to hear others stories and it has been emotional too. Everyone shared for a good 30 minutes or more! I did it, and wasn't too nervous.
Thursday and Friday we had the lectures start and have been looking at world views and how that is affected by mostly our experiences. Looking how we value different things depending on our culture.
Class has been great. God has already been challenging me this week in just our two classes of lectures so far, and there have been some really hard-hitting questions thrown out to think about and answer.
Making good friendships quickly,both with other westerners and Ugandans. I have x2 house mates. We have a lot of Americans in our class, but that's ok coz I like Americans and they are so funny! We compare our terminology and saying quite a bit each finding each others strange and hilarious too.
I (and others) are still battling the pit latrine visits! Cockroaches and poisonous caterpillers are not my idea of fun! So you have to Psyche yourself up for going and go when you can wait no longer!!! It actually takes and drains a lot of ones energy.
Today had to be the record for amount of times screamed in morning lectures and in one day. Be it nasty flies near me or something. I was extra extra jumpy today for some reason and to add to it - someone creeping up on me and going 'boo' in my ear!
Anyways time for sleep, busy day tomorrow - got the first lady of Uganda coming and New Hope annual thanks giving to God day of all that New Hope is and has been.
I do hope to get some pics loaded soon!
love and hugs
Rachel
Thursday and Friday we had the lectures start and have been looking at world views and how that is affected by mostly our experiences. Looking how we value different things depending on our culture.
Class has been great. God has already been challenging me this week in just our two classes of lectures so far, and there have been some really hard-hitting questions thrown out to think about and answer.
Making good friendships quickly,both with other westerners and Ugandans. I have x2 house mates. We have a lot of Americans in our class, but that's ok coz I like Americans and they are so funny! We compare our terminology and saying quite a bit each finding each others strange and hilarious too.
I (and others) are still battling the pit latrine visits! Cockroaches and poisonous caterpillers are not my idea of fun! So you have to Psyche yourself up for going and go when you can wait no longer!!! It actually takes and drains a lot of ones energy.
Today had to be the record for amount of times screamed in morning lectures and in one day. Be it nasty flies near me or something. I was extra extra jumpy today for some reason and to add to it - someone creeping up on me and going 'boo' in my ear!
Anyways time for sleep, busy day tomorrow - got the first lady of Uganda coming and New Hope annual thanks giving to God day of all that New Hope is and has been.
I do hope to get some pics loaded soon!
love and hugs
Rachel
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