Recap

Recap of the last few days

Arrival (Thursday):
We arrived here in Uganda around 11:00pm on Thursday night- the second we walked off of the plane we were hit with the distinct smell of the African red dirt. We had no problems with getting our luggage and made our way out to the pick up. We were met by Francis and Nina, two of EAC workers. Nina is amazing she is silly and is very sarcastic...I love it! We drove a long way to get to the compound which is located in Kampala. We arrived at 1:00am and got all settled in the excitement had just built-we just drove an hour in the city we would be staying in for 6 months and we had no idea what it looked like. We stayed up late keeping in touch with family and friends.

Day 1 (Friday):
We had someone come in our room around 8:00am and try to wake us but both Hannah and I were zonked. Than later that same person who's name is actually Sarah (which we learned later) and she came in and told us lunch was ready...I thought to myself LUNCH!?!?!? How can this be we just woke up. I did not sleep that long. Our first meal were buttered noodles, avocados, and patatos. It was very good!! After lunch we had a quick tour of the compound and shown what was expected of us. We got right to work- today (Saturday) we had a bunch of kids here so we were prepping for their arrival we put together bags with soap, toothbrushes&toothpaste, school books, and pens. It took from noon to five and it was HOT!! Hannah and I were the only volunteers at the compound everyone else was working in the village. They arrived home shortly after we finished so the current volunteers are:

Hannah and I- (you already know that)
Dylan and Myliegh- sisters from Cali that we met during orientation
Alia- an incredible young girl (19) who has been here for almost 5 months and is so helpful!!
Ben- I think he is from Chicago

Once they returned we had dinner and it was Dylan's 22nd birthday so we splurged and went out for ice cream. I got a chocolate milkshake- it was so good.

Today (Saturday):
Has been another incredible day we had all of the kiddos from Kampala come over for the day. We were told to be up at sharply 8:00am because we were going to start right away. Here is where the Ugandan culture comes in we did not start until 10am. We had yummy French toast for breakfast. We each had our own assignments. I helped Alia tell the story of Jonah and the whale I was Jonah we did and improv skit with all of the kiddos and Francis interpreted for us. Then I helped serve lunch to everyone- I scooped the rice for all of the kiddos. Once lunch was finished we were passing out all the bags that Hannah and I had fixed up yesterday. It was CrAzY to say the least! We are now at 3:37pm and we are getting rested and going to have orientation with Nina. (:

P.s. the water here even when boiled is not very tasty and I am so thankful for the American snacks.