Okay so here goes. Today has been the most eventful day all round except for Catherine who has spent the whole day having braids. She actually managed to read an entire book whilst chilling out!! Well not quite the whole day, she did have a rather eventful encounter with ants while gardening with the Jonathon family group this morning. Gardening was pretty challenging all round today. Leanne and Mica virtually came face to face with a frog (those of you who know them will have a clear picture of how that went). Both Leanne and Catherine separately encountered more biting black ants than any of you can imagine. Before gardening became traumatic Catherine and I had good fun racing with wheelbarrows loaded high with maize for mulching much to the delight of the children we were working with.
Today has also included a trip to visit Marion to help send letters to those who sponsor children from all across the world. Marion has been here for nearly 9 years now and has no plans to return home at present. It was very interesting to hear about the New Hope that she came to. There was no electricity or running water when she arrived and getting an urgent message home meant driving the arduous route to Kampala taking approximately 3 hours in order to send a fax!!!
This afternoon we visited various family groups. The Norridge family went on mass to the Calvary family devotions. We were able to join in the singing until they sang in Lugandan then it became somewhat tricky. The boys were quite impressed with the drums and there was a loud cheer afterwards when Jack suggested we could give them a football so they could take part in a tournament tomorrow - ahh! There was a very sobering moment when the family father shared with the family that there were no more beans in the store and this would mean that in order not to miss the season they would need to plant the beans they would normally eat. It is very difficult to get past what you are missing from your luxurious life and grasp how life really is here. Please continue to pray for us all as we deal with our responses to different and sometimes difficult situations.
We have been well cared for again by Steve and Kathryn and I think it is very safe to say the girls were greatly relieved to be eating potatoes and meatballs here than pocho and beans with the families.
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It breaks my heart to inform you that Man City beat United on Sunday. Don't let this excellent news put you off your food!
Do they eat frogs legs out there?
Love from The Thackers.
it was news that I sadly knew of... at least chelsea only drew by cheating [did they pay the ref?]
The funny thing is that loads of people here support Man Utd, so we were all sad together!
Leanne's doing great by the way. A bit disturbed by the black ants and the occasional frog, but otherwise great!
Hola!! Am trying to work out how to leave you a comment.. everything is in spanish on this page!! anyhow.. am glad you are all having a great time and I hope you havent met too many small hungry beasts!(Blog and photos are great!) Am praying for you and your time there, enjoy it all!! loadsa love, Rhodes x
Paul wondered what it would be like to be short of food. So I have told him that Morrisons have run out of baked beans. Luckily we had one tin of them left. Instead of having them for dinner last night, I buried them in the garden and told him that he could have some more when they grew.
Seriously though, is there anything we can do to help?
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