Fun with the camera

I can't remember what I said in my last blog, but here's some info on my living situation: I am living in a house with Robby, and a dutch couple who have just moved her two weeks ago. Cinday is a doctor and Bart is a nutritionist and involved in Argiculture. There are now two 'Jenga' houses because with my arrival, we didn't all fit in one house so the other 5 live in the other house. I have met Jayne, who is a physiotherapist from England here until september, and got on really well with her. All the Jenga people are so passionate about living 100% for Jesus, it's wonderful to be around them.

Yesterday I got up early and went up into the foothills of the mountain and met the wife of a Ugandan couple that works with Jenga, Grace, and her beautiful daughter, Darlene. We took picutres of Grace demonstrating proper ways to work while taking care of your back, to make a follow up poster from a class Jayne taught in the women's group about back care. Most of the women here have a lot of back problems. We also had a lot of fun taking pictures of Darlene, who is turning 3 on friday. She loved posing for the camera! And Jayne was fascinated with my camera and wants to get one herself now. I'll post pictures when I can, right now I'm on robby's computer, not mine.

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only have a minute to write but i already have African soil in my blood...literally. It was pouring rain and i had to go to the bathroom on the way to mbale yesterday so Robby stopped at a gas station and we were going to wait for the rain to stop but i said i didn' mind getting wet, what the heck...i'll dash for it. so i did. unfortunately the ground was this slate stuff and extremely slipperly, so i took a few steps and landed on my butt. Got up, brushed myself off...and promptly fell right back down again. This time after I got up, i stepped off the slate on to the gravel and walked VERY carefully. I hoped at least the second fall was far enough around the corner that noone had seen. Next i had my first experience with a hole in the ground toilet and no TP. fun times.
Got back to the car, and Robby was laughing. He saw me fall both times but informed me that no one else had. i now have a big nasty gash on my shin...still hurts!!!

In Kampala

I arrived safely in Entebbe this morning at about 8am ugandan time and was met by Robby, who's the leader of Jenga. We're stopped outside Kampala right now, we came here to pick up Robby's bags, he stayed here last night. It's a cute little place for backpackers and campers to stay and--bonus--has free internet!!! But unfortunately we are held up here because Robby just found out that the Jenga house where all the missionarys stay (including me) has a bedbug infestation. Robby says that this is the first time he's ever had this happen, it's quite unusual and the normal procedure to eliminate them didn't work. Fun stuff.
So, we are now waiting for the right fumicide (I'm sure I spelt that wrong!) to be delivered here before we head to Mbale. It's about a 3 1/2 hour drive from here apparently.
It's very green and beautiful here, not too hot. About the same as it was in Vancouver the past few weeks. Well that's all for now, I'm excited to get to Mbale and see what I'll be calling home for the next 3 months!

one flight down, one to go

I'm at Heathrow Airport now, between flights. The first flight was fine, I watched a movie and then I was actually able to sleep some so I don't feel too bad. My back has been alright, it's sore but I bought these instant heat things that stay hot for 8 hours and that has been a lifesaver--as long as it's on, I'm not in too much pain. I love flying. Leaving Vancouver the view was absolutely astounding. For about the first hour I watched the sunset, the deepest red I've ever seen. It reflected off the snow on the mountains, making them glow red and yellow. Breathtaking.
Now that I'm halfway to Uganda, I'm getting really excited. I can't wait to get there!! Well since I don't have anything else interesting to say, that's all for now.