Day 2

 -June 11, 2012-

We had to be over at Mengo Chapel by 8 AM for morning worship.
Then after the service we practiced music for a few hours before lunch.
Everyone else (The non-musicians) spread out to do various thngs.
Dad, JD, Corey, and Dicky started the floors in the children's ward today. 
Mr. Brent and all the medical people with us had a lecture with the nurses.

We then headed back up the hill to lunch.

The food has been very good!

It has, for the most part, been pretty much the same for every meal,

but there is a little variety in some things.

We always have rice, some type of meat (chicken, fish or goat),
Mutooke (a very starchy mashed dish made from very green bananas),
a coleslaw type of thing,potatoes (usually fried in chunks),
ebijonjaro (ground nut/peanut sauce).

And we always have a lot of fruit. Usually pineapple and watermelon.
And they always have sodas in glass bottles.

(a Ugandan grasshopper)

(a common site.. a snack-shack)

Some of the guys then started working on refinishing the Childrens ward's floors.
Madison, Allison, Corey, and I then headed down to Sanyu Babies Home for the first time.


Wow. What an amazing experience.
We got there and all the children were still having their nap times.
So we helped hang and sort laundry, organize a school room, etc.
When they woke up we went to a pavilion outside to meet them.

Most of the time I stayed on the mat holding babies and little kids
and trying to comfort the ones who were sad.
All the children were so precious and it was extremely hard to leave for the afternoon.

One little girl was brought in by the police today.
She was tiny, but they didn't know exactly how old she was.
She appeared to be around 1 year, but was guessed to be about 2
because of the amount of teeth she had.
She was completly malnurished... just about skin and bones.
And had little to no physical strength at all.
She would respond to no one.
Not by touch or speach.
Neither did she express anything. She didn't even cry.

Her name was Beatrice.

(more about Beatrice is saved for a future post.)


After we left the Home for that afternoon,
we had another worship time at the hospital chapel.
That was so much fun!
Lots of dancing, laughing, clapping, and traditional African praise to the Lord!

{And there you have day two... in Uganda, Africa}

Praise the Lord!