Well, everyone, we have made it!
Mike and I flew into Entebbe airport after 48hours of travel sunday afternoon, so thankful for the warm Ugandan sunshine and cool Lake Victoria breeze. It is absolutely stunning here, far more than I could have ever imagined. We have spent the last few days settling into our place as best we can, although by next monday will pack up to move once more. Ainembabazi has a larger apartment for us to live in, but it is not yet ready for us.
Mbarara is crazy! Bustling, busy, crowded and hot. At first it was a bit overwhelming - everywhere we walk people yell "Muzungu!" (white person!) after us. But we have started to learn some words in the local language, Rukiga, to say back. Now when they yell at us, we say "Webale, Omiragu ju!" which means "Thanks, Black person!" They laugh soo hard when we do this!
Yesterday we went to the village, Kinoni, for the first time. This is where we will actually be working while we were here. Mike and I got to play with the kids and meet the Guardian Committee (the elders we will work with for the microfinance project). They kids here are so wonderful! Most of them speak english well and love to play with our Ipods and cameras. They are remarkably careful and trustworthy with our things, it is funny to see the random photos on our cameras at the end of the day. We taught a group of them how to play 500-Up, and by the end of the day we had a group of about 30 kids out playing with us. They like to call it Jackpot!
But here I sit in the african style internet cafe, a stuffy little room with flies buzzing about. My time is nearly up as the pages took a while to load. Even the computers run of Africa time! I shall leave you for now, but thank you so much for everyone who has sent me emails to read while I am here. I really appreciate that! I will keep in touch as things progress.
Love you all,
Linds.
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6 comments:
I'm glad you are safe! ENJOY!
wwwwwaaaaaaaaaaa :| you lindsayville!!!!!!!! I can't believe you are already there, the greatest part seems like you are having a great time there :D I bet everything must be so freakishly different I am so happy for you. And I guess you are really enjoying learning weird and hard to pronunciate words lol :) Miss ya lots mon amie.
Renato.
bu I left you a comment a sec ago but it seems like it ate it :| lol anyways miss ya tons, and good to hear that you are doing well.
xoxo
Renato
yay! you're still alive. the DAY you left my dad told me that some rebel army from the DR Congo was going into Uganda and kidnapping people and forcefully taking them back to the DR Congo. obviously you're nowhere near there but it was like 'ooooh shiiiiiiit'
also, POST SOME PICS!!!!
Hi Lindsay, we're glad you made it there safe and are enjoying the experience. We are so proud of you and we will keep checking back for updates. Uncle Pete.
Hey Lindsay - so glad to read that you arrived safely and are not suffering too much culture shock!
Sounds like a fantastic learning experience!
Mike D
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