Today we met a friend of ours, who had invited us to come over for lunch. We met him at the church where we then drove to a market to pick up some fruit and meat. I havn't been to very many markets, where there is food and people everywhere! And buying meat...it can make you lose your appetitie immediately as it just hangs their right in the door. It was nice to walk through the market and pick up some local food. On our way out we bought liam (8) some new flip flops from the side of the road. they are made out of tires and were $1.50! Liam is becoming more and more ugandan, he now wheres tires as shoes!
We spent the afternoon helping with the cooking and visiting with him and his family. It was a wonderful time except for when it rained! They had a tin roof so it was extremely loud! they brought all of their pots and pans full of food inside and continued cooking until the rain stopped enough to return outside (No there are no kitchens in most houses here, just coal burning outside with pots and pans). When the food was ready to eat he insisted that we all eat LOTS of food! I have never had so much food in my life, I literally had a mountain of food on my plate...I tried to be polite and each as much as I could but by the end I felt like I was going to burst so I may have left a few pieces on my plate...
Walking through the neighborhood and the market you realize how humble a life many Ugandans live. Even though they have so little they always have a smile on their face. They are the friendliest people I have ever met and the children are little bundles of happiness! As we were leaving we had to wait for a truck to move for about 10min. and while we were sitting in the car some children came up to our window, waved and ran away giggling. By the end they were at our window and we were practicing our lugandan with them...were a little rusty but we were able to ask their names and ages.
We have been here for 6 weeks and already things are seeming more normal. There are days when I am homesick and miss my loved ones back home but then there are days like today where I fall in love with this beautiful culture.
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| Buying meat at the market.... |
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| Buying some flip flops for Liam (Made out of tires) |
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| Lunch: Rice, Matoke, G nuts,squash,cucumber,Cabbage,potatoes,pasta and meat |
We have been here for 6 weeks and already things are seeming more normal. There are days when I am homesick and miss my loved ones back home but then there are days like today where I fall in love with this beautiful culture.
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