So, it is Thursday i think. I am so tired and exhausted, i still am unwell but feeling billions better. Every single bit of food does not seem to want to stay in my system and if it does, i have such pain but altho saying that the last pack of minstrels i had actually made me feel sooooo much better! No pain and it stayed in my system so i think mum should send me a box! Well..... obviously my body is so used to minstrels so it does not have any problem! I have searched every shop over and under Uganda and the nearest i can get it Kenya dairy milk and it is horrible! Livid!
So this week anyway.....every day i have been at the school playing with the children who do not go home for Christmas, becasue they have nowhere to go. Most are orphans and the few that are not are just unwanted and abandoned. I love them all......they all think i am hilarious and keep calling me snake! I am not sure of what i have told you now but i have a few Ugandan names, including Nachimoli - meaning flower because i have big eyes! Great, hopefully a compliment! Babydiae - first born twin, Obwesigwa - Trustworthiness-Faithfulness and they also call me Britney because they think i resemble her altho some say i look like Lindsay Lohan now as at the hostel the other night, some of them were lucky to see a short bit of Herbie! But the electricity went!
Each day we are making things for them to do, like Christmas cards and decorations, taking balls and yoyo's and allsorts!
They seem to love it and i painted all the girls nails yesterday and then all the staff found out and i painted all theirs. Oh and a boys who i mistook for a girl!
In the evenings we have also done more marking which i hope is now finished, we have been writing year reports which all the children will come and get tomorrow! Yay.....i get to see my class!
Also we have been practicing for the Christmas production and i have been working with Eric still on the song we have been composing. I think we are going to do an instrumental too! How cool!
This morning i decided to go for a walk on my larry and go and look at all the atmosphere and trees etc. Some people thought i was weird and i said no....i just take after my mum! I even told them that my Mum weirdly takes pictures of doors......for those of you that didn't know that, it is true! Although.....some are quite nice it is a strange hobby! It was a great time to pray and spend time looking at God's beautiful creation! If you want to go for a walk on your own around 11 ish is the best time to do it because it is the safest!
Anyways i saw some amazing trees and plants, i saw a snake with legs and lots of beautiful birds. It is really funny because the temperature is rising now each day and the reptiles are coming out to sun bath! Its funny because they fall asleep and don't see you coming so they run across your feet.
We are starting to get huge cockroaches in our house every day. It used to be the odd one but now they are everywhere! Our shower has just come back into use but James tried it the other day and got electrocuted on his bottom so we are scared to try it! The electrician came finally the other day and things have got a bit better! YAY! I think i will try and have a shower tonight, i have not had one in about 5 weeks! It has been a cup and bowl jobby! Not so nice!
The water we are drinking is becoming more normal to me now. I was to scared about drinking it at first because it's not normal color and it has to be boiled a few times but after a few weeks of people drinking it and then me realizing they were still alive, i drink it now daily but it does taste weird!
Oh! On my walk today, i received a text from Kayex the music leader, he asked to see me at the hostel, i made my way there and was worried at what he was going to say. I sat down and waited for him, he came in and we had a big discussion about fear! He wants me to sing a few things at the Christmas production and wants me to sing some of the songs .... oh and rap in Luganda! Brilliant! Anyways, i said i would think about it and he went into how i fear about somethings and fear is not Godly and well i won't explain it all but he said about how every God given gift should be used for his glory and he doesnt understand why people can be shy at times or scared etc. All Africans do it! It is crazy! They will ask you to do something and you say no and they all shout back at you YOU CAN!!!!! grrrr.....i am learning to be more confident here but it is tough and especially dancing and singing in luganda! Mulalu! (crazy)
The wedding that i am a bridesmaid at has been persponed to the 20th because of money issues so that is one less thing to worry about! On Saturday, i am unsure whether i will be able to get to a computer because we have going to do a party in the slums and i can't wait! It is going to be quality! We are going to take hundreds of balloons and sweets and some balls and other bits. The guitars and music etc! It will be incredible! My memory cards have no more space and my last one the biggest one, 4GB does not work for some reason. I asked mum to send me out another, so i received a 2GB card and now that one doesn't work! I really want to take pictures and am so gutted!
I will try to fix my camera again!
