A Good Day
Today was one of the best weather days since I have been in Uganda. This is the rainy season, and while that doesn’t mean that it rains all of the time, there has been rain most days and when it pours, it really comes down. The other night we had a thunderstorm around 8 p.m. and then it rained all night and stopped sometime around 8 a.m. Since most of the roads aren’t paved, it becomes very muddy with huge puddles in very large pot holes.
I visited my sponsored chlldren today, and since one of them, Brenda, lives about as far out in the bush as I have been, it was good that it didn't rain. I am happy to report that the children and their families seem to be doing reasonably well. One served me and the WV staff that accompanied me lunch that was pretty good. I was given two chickens, about a dozen ears of corn, and a colorful basket with some hand carved African animals. One of the benefits of having the privilege to visit the children over time is to see changes that occur, especially positive ones. I have visite Brenda and Eric now five times, and I can see progress in their schooling and in just their physical growth. Eric must have grown several inches since I saw him in March. He is doing well in school and apparently a very good soccer player. It's also fun traveling with the WV staff. There were four and at one time five of them stuffed into the back seat of the pick-up truck. They have a lot of fun traveling to the sites as well. Brenda's family is raising a good number of doves/pigeons which is fairly unusual. Her brothers made this funny kind of bird call, and the doves all congregated around them ready to be fed. The chickens also came running from all over as well. Monican and Susan had a great time trying to call the doves and then have them fly all over them. One of Brenda's brothers gave our driver, Patrick, a dove, and he is planning on raising it. In case your wondering, i gave one chicken to Harriet and the other to Janet because the chickens came from the famlies they were responsible for. They said they would share them with the Koro-Bobi staff on Monday. I think everyone divided up the corn.
