It's been a little while since our last post, but much has happened over the last week. This weekend was a great time. On Thursday Fr. Paul took us too Lake Victoria. This was our first trip to the lake, and we had a great time. You can see the lake from where we are staying, but seeing it up close was great. We enjoyed a great day eating, drinking, and relaxing on the beach with Father.
Friday was one of the most fun days we have had in Uganda. We spent the entire day with Father Mutebei, Father Paul, and the Deputy at a teacher party for all the catholic school teachers in the area. There were close to a thousand teachers in attendance. The party went from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. We had a great time dancing with so many other teachers.
This past week was our last in the classroom. I gave my students a test over everything we have went over since I arrived. The students did pretty good, but I don't think they are big fans of Mr. Chris anymore. Teaching has been a great experience and allowed Tim and I to really interact with the children in the area.
Tim and I started plastering on of the rooms at the rectory where we are staying. Two of the rooms were finished before we came to Uganda, and we were able to help finish one this week. We have two left to finish and hopefully we can get them done over the next couple weeks. The priests surprised us by telling us they were naming two of the rooms at the rectory after us. They said Chris' room and Tim's rooms will always be open if we make the journey back.
This next week will be very busy as we are travelling to Jinja, Uganda (about 3 hours from where we are staying) with Father Paul. It should be a great time, and he has a lot planned for us.
Tim and I have been talking about what we are going to do upon returning to the states to support the causes here and have a lot of ideas. We also are planning on taking most of the last week here and interviewing and getting all the priests on tape regarding how we can help. If anyone has ideas for us about how else we can raise funds let us know.
-Chris
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2 comments:
We're proud of you guys and we're still praying for you every night at bedtime. Only three weeks left? Time flies.
Chris,
There isn't a student out there that likes their teacher much come test time. Hang in there! :)
Christi
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