Week 3- Recap

week 3 recap:

This was a hard week. I was feeling sick.. still am a little (my digestive system is all out of whack.. quite possibly from the water being funny and the lack of fiber in our diets) and class was hard. We were learning about Prayer & intercession, a topic I was excited about. However, the first 3 days were really boring (they were mostly basics but apparently compared to here, we in the West get a LOT of basic teaching & discipleship) and then the last two days were hard, when we finally got to intercession because our teacher had some FUNKY doctrine that most of us disagreed with. His points were all valid, but the logic he used to get to them was totally wrong and had us all up in arms. Combining that with lack of sleep (my stomach pain wakes me up in the middle of the night) personality clashes and miscommunication in the dorms.. made us all VERY eager for Friday afternoon to arrive. And it came, PTL! Saturday was the FCD (Foundations in Community Development school)'s graduation.. so we went to graduation, which was supposed to start at 10 and actually started at noon!! And then we had a FEAST! Goat (which is AMAZINGLY fabulous tasting!!!) Pig, rice, carrot rice, and greens.. and Soda! SOOO SOOO good. We were all stuffed (lunch wasn't until 3pm.. so we were starving when it was served) and so for dinner we had the same fare as breakfast (two rolls and a cup of tea). My dear friend Judith also was amazing and braided my hair! It has been so much cooler and much more managable, It took several hours.. but has been great! Then on Sunday.. Kristine (Michigan) got really sick. They took her to the clinic. We found out that she has a bad bacterial infection and was dehydrated. We had been planning, and Kristine was keen to come, but obviously couldn't... to go to Kingfisher, a resort outside of Jinja on Lake Victoria for a day of rest and relaxation and bonding. So we went.. and it was AMAZING! First we all walked down to the main road and caught two taxis.. (Mirijam, Mathijs, Bernard & I squished into the back seat of this funny van taxi) and then met up with the girls (who took a different taxi) in Jinja. On the way to town, we ran out of gas, by the grace of Jesus, RIGHT in front of the petrol station!! Our driver, instead of making us get out and push, used the starter motor to drive the car off the road and next to the pump. Didn't know you could do that with a vehicle... but now I do (don't worry Dad, if I ever run out of gas, I promise not to do that!!) Anywho.. so we met up with the girls (Cady, Catherine, Kendra, Meg, Katy Saunders, & Penny) in town. Then we caught a private car to Kingfisher. (There were 7 of us, plus the driver crammed into the car.) 3 of us sat in the back and Cady & Bernard sat on our laps. Then we stopped for gas and the driver told us that we were going to go through a traffic checkpoint and apparently it is illegal to have more than 1 passenger in the front seat, but it doesn't matter how many are in the back seat. So Catherine ended up on our laps too.. it was quite hilarious. Kingfisher was GORGEOUS! I had never been to a resort before.. and let me just say.. wow! The swimming pool was amazing!! So wonderful! SO nice to cool off! We met and played with some kids from England who had been in Uganda for a year and 1/2! We also ate some AMAZING food and had time to just relax. Then we were waiting for the taxi to take back and we found a jackfruit tree!! (So cool!!)) and a play ground with SWINGS! (that right there was enough to make my day!) we took a million pictures so I'll upload some of them someday!