I am sorry for the late blog post. I have been so busy and enjoying myself so much that I'm afraid my usual updates got neglected. So in this post I will share some of my highlights for the last month.
Wednesday
30th March- Jane, who is a trustee of Smile International, and her husband Gary arrived for a visit to Smile to visit the projects and see how Smile Charity Uganda is developing. They came with all of our favourite British chocolates courtesy of our new gap year co-ordinator Emily. Thank you so much to you both and Emily! Lois got Dairy Milk, Kate got Reeces Pieces and I got Galaxy Caramel.
In the evening, we had a meal with Jane and Gary at the house and enjoyed talking to them about our experience with Smile :)
Saturday 2nd April- After going to Saturday service at KBC, we went out for a meal with the Smile team and Jane. It was a lovely chance to chat to everyone and enjoy fellow-shipping together. I ordered feta cheese lamb burger in pitta bread. The bread here is slightly sweet so I have missed savoury bread like pitta and the cheese was delicious. After eating, there was time for a few people to share something with everyone and it was so great to hear people praising Smile and reminded me just how much of a family it is.
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| Smile meal out |
Sunday 3rd April- I went shopping at Garden City to buy some souvenirs and gifts to send home with Jane as they had empty suitcases. My favourite thing I bought was a scrapbook with typical Ugandan prints on the front to use to create a memory book when I am back in England. After, I met the youth from KBC at another church, where they were holding a youth talent show. It was a fun afternoon :).
Monday 4th- Our meal on Saturday reminded us of how we missed certain Western foods so we decided to go to Cafe Javas after catch up class. We passed by the craft market on our way and Lois and Kate bought some souvenirs. I will have to go back another time because I didn't have enough cash with me. At Javas, I had 'English Style Fish and Chips' again, which was delicious as I had been craving it for a while. Lois and I also continued with our obsession with Javas Mojitos by ordering two whilst Kate had a mug of a cookies and cream milkshake which looked like a meal in itself.
Ruth Mother Care School
The term is going well and we are all loving teaching. I have been teaching everything from family life habits to grammar tenses.Whilst Jane and Gary were here, we supervised mid term exams. They are marked differently to the British system as the answer has to be spelt correctly for them to get any marks even if the answer is right. I will have to focus even more on spelling out words in all my lessons.
The building project behind the school is now underway again after money was received to buy materials for the roof and plastering. We are excited that soon nursery class will have a bigger space to be taught in as currently they are very crammed.
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