Mzungu on Boda Bodas

Shabbat shalom! Tonight's blogger is Sam and I t's Friday evening here in Uganda. We are currently hanging out in the pavilion while Hannah, Emma, and little Dezi paint with watercolors on the floor. Today was overall a slower day than previous ones for our team. We got to sleep in a bit before breakfast. Then Laura, Tamara, and Sue went back to Musana's health center to help while Julie, Hannah, Emma, and I stayed and worked at the school. Hannah, Emma, and I spent the morning painting Bible verses and murals on some more of Musana's wall while Julie helped in Top Class in the Nursery school. Laura had a meeting back at the school with Florence in the early afternoon, so our three "medics" came back a little before lunch and worked on various things here. Once we'd finished lunch, we had a bit of down time before leaving for the Buwongo Women's Group. Hannah, Emma, and I stayed at the pavilion reading and resting while Sue, Julie, Laura, and Tamara went down to the dining hall to watch some of the teachers debate the topic of the influence of technology in Uganda. At 3 pm we left on boda bodas for Buwongo to meet up with Denis, Muza, and the women. They welcomed us with some songs and dance, which we all got to participate in with Sue's camera flash in the background for a time (she was soon picked to dance as well, don't worry). Muza translated while we introduced ourselves to the women, and Denis translated while they introduced themselves to us. After they took us on a tour through some of the village, getting to learn about some of the plants and trees in Uganda and see a "piggery" (kinda like a pig farm). It took all I had to not pet the pigs, but I managed. We returned home for a good debriefing, dinner, and now some quality time with Andrea, Haril, and of course Dezi. It's been a really good week with Musana, the people, and of course our team. G-d's really been present in our lives and our team this week, and it'll be interesting and good to see what more He has for us as the trip continues. Until then, we get to watch Dezi for a bit for Haril and Andrea tonight, and she's been eating peanut butter m&m's and drinking coke, so this blogger is over and out.