It was great fun to be able to spend some time playing and talking with the children after we did our speaking. We don't usually see playgrounds at schools.
While we were waiting for lunch to be prepared, the headmistress (principal) took us around the school and their grounds. We went around the back of the school where their lunches are made in the typical outside kitchen. One woman works almost all morning to make lunch for many students. We then went to another part of the school grounds, past their garden area and got an up close look at how they make bricks.
Here is a picture of a man making bricks. He is digging up the mud, putting it into a form that will hold two bricks, smashing it in, scraping the excess off and taking the formed clay/mud out. The second picture shows these bricks stacked to dry in the sun. They put straw on top so the sun won't burn the bricks. They then take the bricks, stack them up so they can put a fire inside to bake them. It's a much longer process than what we have in the States, as most things in life are in Africa.
After lunch, Rev. Henry took us to a school right up the "road". Ken has pictures from being there in the past few years. They have been able to build a few new classroom buildings so it looked a little different from the old pictures I've seen. Here are a couple of pictures of these great students. They had some great questions for us. If anyone in Uganda reading this knows the name of this school, please let me know. It's the one school where I didn't write down the name!
After our lunch was served, we went to our property. Right away a few children came to see us. Being white, we always get noticed quickly. Last year I took a picture of two girls who talked with us. This year I took last year's picture to them and got their names. The older girl is Margret and the younger is Sikola. They live next to the property. We took a picture of Jack fruit on the tree. We don't have these fruit trees where we live so most people haven't heard of it before. The trees grow tall, similar to Oaks or Maple trees and have large fruits on them the size of watermelons. Very stange the first time you see them, but taste melon-ish and good.
Rev. Henry, Ken and I went to the next school, Central View Secondary. We had an interesting discussion with the headmaster who grew up attending church, but quit attending as an adult. He agreed to let Rev. Henry come on Sunday mornings to have a worship service for the students who live there (boarding school). When we speak to the students, if we are in a classroom or other building, it is usually very crowded. Today was no exception. Some students looked in the open windows to see and hear.
After speaking at the Cental View, we went back down their drive to the area of the previous school, but instead went to the church for a fellowship time. Rev. Henry said we would be leaving at 4:30. Ken spoke and tried to leave some time for discussion. I looked at the clock and saw we had about 5-10 minutes for question and answer time but, an hour and a half later we left the church. They had great questions and Rev. Henry and Ken had great answers. It was a fantastic day.
One more picture to add here. On our way to the car we saw a boy wearing a University of Michigan t-shirt. Since our youngest son is a BIG fan, we asked if we could take his picture.
While we were waiting for lunch to be prepared, the headmistress (principal) took us around the school and their grounds. We went around the back of the school where their lunches are made in the typical outside kitchen. One woman works almost all morning to make lunch for many students. We then went to another part of the school grounds, past their garden area and got an up close look at how they make bricks.
Here is a picture of a man making bricks. He is digging up the mud, putting it into a form that will hold two bricks, smashing it in, scraping the excess off and taking the formed clay/mud out. The second picture shows these bricks stacked to dry in the sun. They put straw on top so the sun won't burn the bricks. They then take the bricks, stack them up so they can put a fire inside to bake them. It's a much longer process than what we have in the States, as most things in life are in Africa.
After lunch, Rev. Henry took us to a school right up the "road". Ken has pictures from being there in the past few years. They have been able to build a few new classroom buildings so it looked a little different from the old pictures I've seen. Here are a couple of pictures of these great students. They had some great questions for us. If anyone in Uganda reading this knows the name of this school, please let me know. It's the one school where I didn't write down the name!
After our lunch was served, we went to our property. Right away a few children came to see us. Being white, we always get noticed quickly. Last year I took a picture of two girls who talked with us. This year I took last year's picture to them and got their names. The older girl is Margret and the younger is Sikola. They live next to the property. We took a picture of Jack fruit on the tree. We don't have these fruit trees where we live so most people haven't heard of it before. The trees grow tall, similar to Oaks or Maple trees and have large fruits on them the size of watermelons. Very stange the first time you see them, but taste melon-ish and good.
Rev. Henry, Ken and I went to the next school, Central View Secondary. We had an interesting discussion with the headmaster who grew up attending church, but quit attending as an adult. He agreed to let Rev. Henry come on Sunday mornings to have a worship service for the students who live there (boarding school). When we speak to the students, if we are in a classroom or other building, it is usually very crowded. Today was no exception. Some students looked in the open windows to see and hear.
After speaking at the Cental View, we went back down their drive to the area of the previous school, but instead went to the church for a fellowship time. Rev. Henry said we would be leaving at 4:30. Ken spoke and tried to leave some time for discussion. I looked at the clock and saw we had about 5-10 minutes for question and answer time but, an hour and a half later we left the church. They had great questions and Rev. Henry and Ken had great answers. It was a fantastic day.
One more picture to add here. On our way to the car we saw a boy wearing a University of Michigan t-shirt. Since our youngest son is a BIG fan, we asked if we could take his picture.
