28th August

My, my how time flies when you are having fun, is the saying. And it is true too. I have been having so much fun sewing up a storm. I am so tired by the end of the day and remember that this is also work. I am making uniforms for our children’s choir at church. I have so far made the patterns for two sizes of shirts and sewed five shirts. I could have had more done, but I have had to play house the past few days as we have given the house girl a few days off to go and visit her family. I have been cooking and cleaning in ways that I have not been doing for a while. I know that most of you are thinking that I am a baby if I am not keeping my house by my self. Life is so different here without the convenience of all the gadgets of western life. In other ways I am enjoying it though. I get to cook all the western food that I want and no one can stop me. Like right now for supper I am in the middle of cooking Sloppy Joes and French Fries, store bought and frozen. (My first time to buy like that, but I think that it will not be the last.) We even bought really America catsup. If you can’t tell I am just a little bit excited to eat. I just wish that I had an oven to cook the fries instead of frying them in cooking oil over a charcoal fire. It is taking forever.

28th August

My, my how time flies when you are having fun, is the saying. And it is true too. I have been having so much fun sewing up a storm. I am so tired by the end of the day and remember that this is also work. I am making uniforms for our children’s choir at church. I have so far made the patterns for two sizes of shirts and sewed five shirts. I could have had more done, but I have had to play house the past few days as we have given the house girl a few days off to go and visit her family. I have been cooking and cleaning in ways that I have not been doing for a while. I know that most of you are thinking that I am a baby if I am not keeping my house by my self. Life is so different here without the convenience of all the gadgets of western life. In other ways I am enjoying it though. I get to cook all the western food that I want and no one can stop me. Like right now for supper I am in the middle of cooking Sloppy Joes and French Fries, store bought and frozen. (My first time to buy like that, but I think that it will not be the last.) We even bought really America catsup. If you can’t tell I am just a little bit excited to eat. I just wish that I had an oven to cook the fries instead of frying them in cooking oil over a charcoal fire. It is taking forever.

25th August

Now that we are in holidays I am not so sure what to write. There is not that much going on right now. Yesterday we got a table for the sewing machine and now I have to get to work on all my projects. I have also desire to attempt to make egg rolls. I think that I am going to do that this morning and we will eat for lunch.
I am also working on updating photos and will very soon get some new photos online.
That is about all that I know for today. Just know that we are doing good.

20th Aug

Hello to you all. Yesterday was quite the eventful day. David left early for the village to attend to some business and I had the program to go to town and meet with a friend. I decided to go with Abijah, so we got in the car to go. I had just got down the road and there was some nice guys in white uniforms. If you have ever been in Uganda you will know that these are the Traffic Police. They stand on the side of the road and point to you and you have to pull over or else. So I was pointed at and had to stop. By the way I have never seen traffic police standing in this place in all the years that I have lived here. So he told me to get out of the car and come to see. This is something that we have been knowing for a long time, but trying to forget. Both of the front tires are bald and in a very bad state. We have been trying to see how we can get some extra money to replace them. Well in the end I got a ticket of 50,000/= ($25) and they took away my license. I have to go today to pay the fine and get my license. We are also going to see about getting new tires.
Well in the end, I had to go by public transport to town to meet Sasha and Abijah got the experience of sitting on a motorbike. The rest of the day was good. I had to get back home in time for church in the evening because David was away I was the one to preach. I am not a preacher though. I just taught.
So that is what is going on right now.
Bye

17th Aug

So today we are ment to begin the school holiday, but we have so much work that we are wanting to gwt done in this holiday that there is not even time to rest. David left early this morning to buy materials to finish the fence and there is also one classroom that is needed the floor to be re-cemented. These are the two biggest projects that we have. And they are not small work eather. I wish that Zach was here now to be helping with finishing these things because it would only take him like one day or two. We will see. We have only this week and then teachers are to be back for seminar and making lesson plans. The holiday is only three weeks and it will go so fast. I have spent the whole morning getting the house clean and things back in order. I think that we are all set now.
I took Abijah and Lydia up to school to play on the play equipment this morning also for just a short time. They love the slide, but were really fearing the seesaw. Once I put them on the merry-go-round I could not get them off again. They LOVED it. We are so blessed.
Have a great day and God bless you all.
Heather