So i will attempt to journal/blog this weekend right here, because i have a history paper to write (6-7) pages and my mind is on a million other things. Actually I'll just tell you the few things that i keep wanting to tell you for right now, then hopefully in a bit I'll get a chance to write some things down. I journaled some in my little book this weekend, so don't worry I will remember everything! Anyways, in case I don't get to talk to you this morning, make sure you check out my pictures on picasa, i will try to caption them as soon as possible.
Mostly, the boy who is about 12 years old is our host "brother" David, and we went to his confirmation on Sunday and took a bunch of pictures. I love my dress [hand-made in Uganda], it made my weekend. The infant is Eric, who everyone calls "Eric-ee," and don't I look so cute and motherly holding him? Hehe that's what you should think, anyways, not that i look awkward, especially when i kept checking to see if he was wet! They don't wear diapers, so the likelihood of all of a sudden being warm and damp when you are holding him is high! luckily that only happened to Christine once and he has never spit up on either of us. These are my major concerns in life, lol.
Let's see, also, the man in the photo that looks candid and he's near a tree making a funny face is my host father Godfrey. He was so tired last night he went to sleep without supper! That was because we had that big family gathering (Clans are very important here and a ton of his relatives just gathered for no apparent reason. More on that later) and he was exhausted. Plus we had a huge meal at like 3;30, when I ate seriously 2 lbs of rice, beans, and a little beef. Plus i had a cherry soda. ug. I hadn't eaten all day so it was like thanksgiving night all over again!
- I'm really scared of using the pit latrine because lately there has been a ton of bugs swarming around it. They seriously invade my space. The one time I used the latrine and they weren't there I was so relieved. I could actually go in peace. Whew. Using the toilet in the Honors College dorms this morning was ridiculously luxurious- they have a toilet seat and air freshener and everything! (We don't have seats on our toilets in Sabiti). Wow, really, it overwhelms.
And another thing is: We talked about him [Dietrich Bonhoeffer] in Faith and Action this morning and he seems like such an incredibly interesting author and theologian. Man, I am really excited to learn more about him. I won't elaborate in case you already know him, but if you don't you should definitely look him up.
AND another thing: Mark (the USP coordinator, teacher of Faith and Action) told us that this weekend in the Ugandan newspaper there was a story about the police in Nigeria arresting a goat. Apparently there was an armed robbery of a store in Nigeria and the police were pursuing the two robbers. During the chase one got away and the other turned himself into a goat! So the police arrested the goat and are holding it in a cell -Mark says they will probably eat it eventually. But they have to hold it for now, number 1 because they really believe its the robber, and number 2 because if they let it go the people would be in an uproar, saying they let a witch doctor get away with robbing a store. You totally have to find the story online. Don't worry, it made me laugh a lot but also we had to consider the very real and very different superstitions they have here. Apparently it was not printed in the Ugandan newspapers as a facetious thing but because a lot of people here believe the same things as in Nigeria.
--Emmes
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