Week 2

A few random glimpses into another awesome week…

·      Saturday we visited Subi- one of Watoto’s children’s villages.  Us 360 students arrived at Subi around 10:00, were split into pairs of two, and sent to spend the morning with one family.  I ended up in a house full of girls- eight of them, to be exact.  The youngest was 13, and the oldest around 20.  They were very welcoming, and we had a great time playing cards and just learning about each other.  I learned that next time I go to the village, I should go hungry, because they loved cooking for us visitors!  After two breakfasts and a big lunch, I thought I might explode.  Don’t worry… I didn’t.  Probably the best part of the visit to the village was a little girl who wandered into the house where I was.  She didn’t say more than two words the whole time I was there, but we had fun laughing together, holding hands as we walked around the village, and playing a “game” of cards.  She would deal them out, and whichever of us ran out first won.  Interestingly, I was always dealt a much larger pile of cards than her…

·      This week all of us 360 students were placed into one of five teams.  We will be working with our teams when we go out for ministry, and each team was also assigned a specific church campus to serve at on Sunday mornings.  Watoto has five major church campuses which (also known as celebration points).  Central is the main church, and is located right downtown.  The others are North, South, East, and West, which are located farther out in Kampala and the surrounding area.  My team was assigned to Watoto East.  On Sunday morning we toured the celebration points and met the administrators who we will be working with.  It was so much fun to see all of the different celebration points and to get a feel for where we will be working.  Personally, I think Watoto East is the best, but maybe I’m a little biased. 

·      After our tour, my housemates and I decided to go out for lunch.  Who would have thought that I could say I spent a Sunday afternoon in a restaurant, on top of a mall, during a rainstorm, in Africa, eating Indian food.  So random.  The verdict- it was good!  Mexican food is still better though.

·      Okay.  So last night I was sitting on my bed, when all of a sudden a little intruder ran out from under my roommate’s bed and into the closet.  Let me just say… I HATE MICE.  In a matter of a few seconds, everyone who lives in our house was in or outside of my room, laughing and trying to figure out where the mouse went.  There were lots of screams, lots of laughs, and a punch or two when someone (I wont name names *cough cough* Jack…) decided to throw a sock at me.  Seriously, the sock did look like a mouse.  Anyway, a lovely trap was built in Danielle and I’s room in an effort to kill the mouse, which then mysteriously showed up in the kitchen an hour or so later.  More screaming, more laughing… you can imagine.

Looking forward to another week of memories!

Love Always.