Thursday, April 05, 2007

another full day in Mukono




Ken and I started out after breakfast with Provost Stephen again. We were going to Bishop East Primary. The day before we went just outside the gate of Miracle House and maybe 100 feet up the road to Bishop Tucker. This day we went across the road, about the same distance. Often when I sit outside at the back of the house, these students will see me and sometimes call out to me when they are coming and going from school. After talking with the large crowd there, we went back home and waited for Rev. Henry to pick us up. First he took us to a dress maker to have me measured for the traditional gomesi. It's a scary thought to get measured for anything these days, but it was even scarier when the young women said she did not have to measure me, she would know the size just by looking at me. (of course it fits perfectly!) Rev. Henry then took us to an area called Nakabago. It's fun just to say the name of the place. There we spent quite some time at a school called Nezikokolima Primary. It has children in Nursery (ages 2-4) and classes up to what they call "P-7" if I remember right. Their uniforms all are different colors on this day because they had a sports day scheduled.


The picture above shows some of the younger ones and the picture below shows the older students.

This was the first school to provide us a lunch. They practically had a feast for us. Too bad I didn't take a picture of the spread they put out for our small group. It was wonderful to spend more time with the children and the Headmistress here at Nezikokolima.






Here is one of the classrooms. They usually have a chalkboard and bench seats. If they use anything to put on the walls or string across the room to study, they use any paper or cardboard.

I will add a "part two" to this day in Uganda in the next day or two.

Thanks for reading about this ministry.

Be blessed and a blessing to others!

Deanna

Part 1