Wow...in 6 days time, it will be a month since i arrived here in Uganda.
This week has had its ups and downs but only once did i loose my smile! I have not been writing in my diary still, its quite gutting!
We spent 6 hours on saturday after going to town, joining the worship team. Incredible!
I have learnt lots of songs in Luganda but it needs a bit of work and i have learnt to sing songs we know, but in African style.
I have been suffering with pain for 10 days now and on Saturday night i was sick all through the night. Only sleeping an hour. I had severe pain in my chest and thought i wouldn't wake anyone up, just try and sleep through it. In the morning services, there is over an hour of singing and dancing. We didn't get a choice. We had to be involved! Ali got out of it but us girls were roped in!
To my surprise, Kayex the music leader called me up on Saturday and asked me to sing Amazing Grace because he had watched Sister Act the week before. I couldn't believe it! I was happy ans amazed with the song choice obviously!! But petrified! Sunday came and Hannah decided not to turn up at practise at 8am with me and Ave! The service was great. I sung the first verse of Amazing Grace and then (just like sister act) everyone came in jumping and singing in hip hop style. Praising God. Their worship is awesome! I nearly cried!
I then went home after the service to be sick again. The pain was getting worse. It really hurt when i ate meals and on Monday it hurt when i swallowed. Helen, our housekeeper, after school on Monday night, put her hands on me and prayed. It was strange at first but then i realised i shouldn't find it weird. I believe God can heal so i began to pray in my head to.
I carried on going to school like normal although i had a slight fever every few hours and coughing fits but there was so much work to do, i would of hated being at home doing nothing with no electricity! I knew i would see as doctor if it got worse and couldnt work out where the pain exactlywas so....i sort of left it.
- Monday night we went to a bible study! Amazing....Kayex the music leader is awesome at telling stories. This week,the topic of the spirit and tongues etc has been making me question my personal views etc.
- Tuesday, the kids in my class laughed at me all day as i taught them some funny words and taught them about the body. When they opened the book and say the body parts, they found it most amusing! I then let them play pictionary on the board, so they could learn the different bones and body systems. Wrong idea! Prossy, a boy in my class.....drew somethinging quite inappropriate! Then Tuesday night i spent with the street children, playing with them and braiding one of the girls hair and singing them songs. It is really funny because the others went to the city to play Hockey but i wanted to spend some personal time with God but firstly i say down with some of the children in the street. When i sat down with them, the wordgot round that there was a 'mutzungu' nearby and i had about 30 children and babies climbing all over me. They love it when we sing because its so different and they know the English word God and Jesus.
- Wednesday, i took the afternoon offschool after thinnkingi was going to passout whilst teaching Mathsin the morning. Wednesday night, me and Hannah went to the fitness service. It was probably a bad idea for me to go because of the pain but i wasso tired of doing nothing! I got home and i couldn't eat any dinner!
- Thursday,i woke up in somuch pain, i couldn't hold it together anymore. I had been reading Isiah 40v29 every morning which helped me alot. I had been asking everyone about going to the doctors but i had no answer for days but i knew that i had to find a doctor. I walked down to the school with Helen. The school was trying to get me transport and the pain was getting worse. I hadn;t eaten for a few days which was making me dehydrated but the people at school were saying that the transport could come within the day. I had to wait. I sat in the room and cried. I felt like people wernt taking me seriously, this was probably my fault because all week people kept asking me if i was okay and i kept saying yes, even though i wasn't!I'mstupid...i know! After about two hours of me waiting, i just had enough and text Ave and Ali, who rushed out of their classes. They came and found me being a right girl, crying in a ball and holding my chest! Ali ran back to the house and got a rucksack full of bits together and asked the American couple if the Husband could take me on his bike. They came back and i got on and we went to Hospital. It was an insane journey. A few times we nearly fell off and hit cars and other timesthe potholes made me rise from my seat! THe hospital was okay but the doctor told me i had Malaria and i told her that she was wrong. HEre, every illness or fever is Malaria. She called another doctor in and they did some tests. SHe told me i had a fever in my Oesophagus. I don't exactly know what she was talking about but it ended with me been given alot of medication for a severe chest infection thats spread. Who knows!? Anyways.... I have been taking the medicine and it has stoppen me from having a fever but i strill think i have an infection or something in my chest. I am still struggling to eat. Please pray! I am really hungry!
Thursday night, Hannah and i went to the service at Church. A lady called Margeret was stiing next to me. She became a Christian last week but we heard that she is struggling with demons that are trying to stop her faith. This was weird to hear but it didn't impact me.
After the service had finished, we all said the grace and shook eachothers hands.I shook Margerets and then she shook Emmas. Emma is a guy in the youth. Awesome guy, i will tell you more about these people in another email. As Margeret shook his hand, she began to punch and kick him, making animal noises and cursing him. About 5 men and a lady from the church, got her onto the floor incase she hurt anyone or herself. They all began to curse out the demons. She looked crazy. ME and Han, stoodstarring, trying to understand.We both began to cry. I sat down and prayed for Margeret on my own. Questions spiraled my head and i began to feel more anger towards the devil. I asked Hannah if we could leave and as we were going to the door, someof the youth ran after us and stopped us.They asked if we were scared and we sat crying. I couldn't control it. We explained that we had never been in this situation etc and we had so many questions. For two hours we sat outside the church asking questions and some people helped us to understand. The apologised becasue they didn't know we had never seen these things before. It happens alot here so they are used to it. I am glad i was able to see this but i am still trying to understand some things. Kind of wanting and seeking more knowledge and that but i tell you it was scary!
Friday was crazy to. In alot of pain still but it was the day we were shooting our friends music video. Hilarious! We all wore jeans and black tops. Ready to do the routine we had spent one day rehearsing. Got there.....no routine, just freestyling! Great! ha.... we alldid some freestyling and then the camera man and director asked if i wanted to be the main dancer. I hated every minute of it but i did it! Comfort zone is seriously being attacked out here! haha! I danced for 10 minutes nonstop. It was recorded at the school becasause the have a nice spot there that they used. When we were dancing all the kids ran out of class and came and watched. HOW EMBARRASSING! OH....and teachers! I will buy the DVD here and bring it home! Memories or what!
SO.... that has been my week. I hope i don't sound like iam moaning alot. I haven'treally moaned at all here so you may be getting the bad side. Sorry! Food is good. I have been cooking lots still and teaching others.
Every morning we will have Gapati'sfor breakfast with sugar or honey
Lunch time we have rice and sometimes potatoes or pumpkin
Evening we have rice or spaghetti but once a week we go all out and have a meat meal or fish meal that i attempt to cook,
We snack a bit to be honest, mangos and jackfruit are great.I try to have a piece of fruit everyother day.
Unfortunatelyi have not been able to find minstrels anywhere ..... please mum, christmas is coming!
Erm..... Last night i went to the two hour prayer session at church. SOmething amazing happened but iwant to tell you in more detail and only have two minutes left. Save it for next time!
Once again sorry for moaning, sorry for spelling mistakes and poor grammer. Time and bad computers is the problem. But i can't spell,this is also the problem!
Miss you all....kind of! Thank you fo rsome emails i am getting.I love Saturdays because of that reason! Got everyones but struggling to get Sarahs through!
