Day 17: Happy 4th of July!

4 July, 2010

Happy 4th yesterday all my American friends!

Today was pretty laid back. No celebrations here, beside another day of life. We drove back from Jinja. When we got back we spent a lot of time on the internet.

Mi jeung and I went to the supermarket and ran into Jeremiah (a guy that accompanied Hollie, Mi jeung, and Theresa to Murchison Falls) on the way there. He invited us to Martin's place (the guy who took them to Murchison Falls), which we learned we have been passing for the last 2 weeks almost every day without knowing it. We stopped by on the way home. His place is huge. There is so much green grass and so many plants. He has an umbrella tree which is the coolest plant I've ever seen. It really lives up to its name, too. He has 3 or 4 buildings on his property which he uses to house volunteers and adopted children (or at least children he has taken in). We had pineapple and watermelon at his house, along with some good conversation. He gave me his card because I said I am interested in his NGO. He has a building project in Northern Uganda that I would love to be a part of. You volunteer for 3 weeks and then tour for 1 week. I would love to come back and do that for a month, teach at Hope for two weeks, and then build/paint/teach at schools in Jinja for 2 weeks. Time to start saving up!

Sarah cut up the sugar cane I got from Teacher Christine on Friday. When I ate sugar cane on Wednesday or Thursday last week, the kids thought it was so funny because I had such a hard time biting down on it. She cut up so much that I had to put another bowl over it and put it in our room to save it for later after giving some to everyone on the compound. Praying for no ants tonight!