Baking at Long Last!

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Lorna

On Wednesday we taught P.E. which involved the entire school for over an hour. The boys got some of the older children doing press ups and sit ups and throwing and catching games. Finch and I on the other hand had to lead the three biggest and youngest classes. We did some throwing and catching games and some got the children to copy us doing silly exercises. We’ve been going to Chosen all week so we’ve observed and taught some more lessons but the children are also preparing at the moment for a presentation so we’ve had a few sessions of watching them rehearsing. On Thursday they sang the Ugandan national anthem over and over for hours but it was beautiful! The school have also been feeding us at lunchtime so we’ve been getting to eat lots of local food which is absolutely delicious! We often have beans and rice or potatoes and cabbage.

On Thursday during our slum outreach time I visited a couple who had had a baby on Sunday and I got to hold him. Didn’t want to give him back at the end! We also got to speak to the woman’s husband about God and the difference between religion and the relationship that we can have with God which was really good.

We didnt have to teach on Friday because it was a public holiday for the Muslim festival of Ede but we went to the children’s club in the slums as usual and a little girl fell asleep in my arms. I also made some more beads and learnt to make bigger ones. From there three of us girls went to the women’s fellowship at KBC again.

Saturday was my Dad’s birthday so I took a break from washing my clothes to call him. It was lovely to speak to him and to my Mum. Apparently I’m getting the hang of washing now – as in using the right technique (One of the volunteers was shocked that I was doing it right!). That doesn’t mean that my hands are any less ripped up though! I think that our skin is just not used to it so once we’ve been here a while it will toughen up.
On Saturday evening only 5of us were in so at long last I got to do some baking! I made my famous chocolate crunch and we ate it warm for pudding after dinner

On Sunday we went to church as usual and we invited a couple of friends back for lunch but then we realised that all of our meat was frozen so we had a veggie lunch! We got to go home in cars which was really nice because usually we have to up the hill to taxi stage (Taxis are a bit like independent buses) And then at the end of the taxi journey we have to walk about a mile. In the afternoon we had a group Skype call with Simone which was really lovely and we spent the rest of the afternoon and evening relaxing together and playing games. The chocolate crunch had gone down so well on Saturday that I made it again on Sunday evening, we were too impatient to wait for it to cool so we ate half of it warm and had the rest as its supposed to be eaten after dinner. I forgot how much I missed baking!

Prayer requests for this week…

- God’s help and inspiration with teaching

- Health and safety (Tonsillitis is going around the school)

- For God to work through us in the work we do in the slums. We want to see more people come to know and love Jesus.

Thank you all so much for all of your support. I love hearing from you so please leave comments!
Lots of love and God bless,

Lorna x

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So in the last two days we’ve spent the day at Chosen Children’s school. Some of us have been challenged by the chosen methods of discipline, but as a part of the culture here its something that we have to learn to accept. The children are all so beautiful. Every time any of us walks into a class they all stand and say together “Welcome our dear visitors, this is P2class (depending on which class) Our school motto is education is power, you are very welcome.” The children call me “Teacher Ssuubi” (Ssuubi is my Ugandan name). They are such a pleasure to teach and personally I have really enjoyed the last two days. I’m looking forward to teaching proper lessons that I’ve planned properly rather than improvising on the spot when you’re handed a piece of chalk and the teacher walks out of the room!

Thank you so much for your support. I brought with me all of the cards that people had given to me before I left and I spent some time yesterday evening reading them again, it was such a blessing.

Please pray…

- For health and safety

- That God would guide and lead us in teaching

- For energy

Thank you,
Lots of love,
Lorna