Salaama...home sweet home.

I don't even know where to begin... The kids in Salaama are amazing!

We have been so busy the past week. The kids play futbol (soccer) almost everyday in the afternoon. Even Headmaster Baker and Master Cossi play. It is quite intense, only the older kids play. They also play barefoot! I would say these kids easily rival Hope's soccer team. I decided to challenge Master Cossi to a match and pretty much got my butt kicked yesterday, but is was so much fun! I am definitely feeling it today!

I have spent my days teaching in the morning the P1 class, except on the days that they teach me luganda. I am getting pretty good, I think. Yesterday Tina and I took them out in the grass and taught them the Hokey pokey, it was so funny. They loved it! In the afternoon I just hop around the older classes and teach whatever. Mainly Social Studies and English. We had to teach P5 that there are 7 continents in the world and explain to the P1 class that they live in Uganda :)

After futbol I go down to the well with the kids to fetch water for the night. It is a good time to bond with the kids and just spend quality time with the boarders. Tina and I got speakers for my ipod so the kids come over at night for dance parties. Or they come over to color and just hang out. Another boy that I have gotten really close with is Jackson. He is a complete orphan. His mom just died a couple months ago. He is the eldest of 5 children and the Director of the schoool brought him in and waived his schools fees. I getting him things like a new uniform, soap, shoes, etc before I leave.

Things that you may not have known... We got an african puppy named Real. There are leopards in the tea plantation at night that come down from the mountain, I milked a cow for the first time ever, we frequently buy chapati (like pita bread) for the boarders and you would think they just one the lottery by their reaction to getting bread, I eat posho (corn flour and water) and beans everyday for lunch, escali (night security man) scares us nightly on late night latrine runs and he pops out of nowhere, the sky is unbelievable at night,I LOVE UGANDA.

The kids here know how to worship the Lord like no other I have seen before. They go into the church late at night, and early every morning to pray and worship. You can hear the drums and their song. I can't describe what it sounds like other than heavenly. I read this verse and I don't think it could be any more true, especially for the kids in my village...

"I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure." Luke 10:21

grace, peace and LOVE!