Our first 3 days in the village were spent bonding with the children and getting use to village life. The children drew water from the well for cooking, cleaning dishes, and bathing. Water is really the source of life for people here. (everywhere for that mater) I think the hardest thing for me was not having a shower. I love running water and do not think I will ever take advantage of that again. I found it easy to acclimate to cooking on a small stove with limited products. I do wish I would have brought my own spices, lesson learned for next time. We enjoyed moments of laughter playing outside, going on walks, and cuddling after dinner watching a movie on the laptop. The kids have fallen in love with Nemo and TinTin. On the 19th we went into town for business and the children had to stay behind in the village. It was hard leaving them and they were very glad to see us when we returned.
I will leave the rest of this post to the pictures and the captions I have made for them
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| "Hanging" at the well. |
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| Chill'in on the steps to "our" temporary little village home. |
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| Handwashing clothes. Thank goodness Mommy Harriet helped me every other day with the laundry. |
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| Kids are chipping in some help too. |
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| Faith helping me wash. |
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| Going for a walk to visit the children at the babies home. |
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| The kids went NUTS over the hair on Jason's arms....good thing he never took his shirt off....LOL (Yuck) |
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| The exercise ball was a huge hit...and lived a useful life there until it popped right before we left the village. |
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| Many times we had no electricity. This was one such night....dinner by solar flash light :) |
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| More pumping at the well. This was the kids job every morning and evening. Trust me...they are STILL talking about how they are glad they do not have to pump anymore water :) |
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| Everytime we were at the children's home, Adah was found holding and loving on someone. |
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| Mark loves his African tea... |
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| The kids were fascinated with m brush and anything that has hair! I was very worried that Duncan's lion would be bald... |
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| Coloring on the front porch! |
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| Picture from our porch looking into the school yard. |
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| YEs...we went to town one day for some business...and the business I need to take care of was a CAPPUCCINO! |
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| IN the van...headed to town for business. Duncan Faith and Mark stayed behind this day as we were going to visit their family... |
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| Washing dishes. |
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| Cuddling before bed and enjoying a movie. |
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| Adah and Faith..... |
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| Mark and I on the second day! He warmed right up to me :) |
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| The tea that they are fond of. |
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| The boys doing dishes. |
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| Eating PB& J for the first time....and it was an EPIC fail. We were accused of not feeding them at all...LOL After living on rice and porridge bread with some jam on it was NOT food to them. Thankfully they LOVE them now and actually request it!!! |
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| Jadon and I enjoying the view from the front door. |
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| Kids playing in the yard. |
Great memories to last a lifetime. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletewell, these are just amazing. You, Jason, Adah and Jadon look so much at HOME in Uganda. I pray your new kids will feel at home when they leave and come back with you to the UA and Italy. I spent yesterday with Julianne and family as they prepare to leave tomorrow. You were on our minds. Sending love and light your way.
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