Leaving for Luwero Today! (June 30th Post)

This morning we woke up and had devotions and then went to Wankulukuku primary school. It was by far my favorite school that we have visited. The children were absolutely adorable and when we pulled up to their school the kids were sitting outside and jumping up and down and screaming and chanting “Monzugu”. I felt like we were rock stars or something.

After we got out of the vans the kids were literally all over us. All of them wanted to be held and hugged and to hold hands. There were about 10 people in our group and all of them had about 10 kids crawling all over them. It was nuts.

We played games with them and sang some songs and then Gabby started to read them a story and tell them about how much God loves them. Then it started to rain. Not the usual daily Uganda sprinkle, but a literal downpour. We all ran inside their little school building. None of the kids wanted to leave the main 8 x 8 (that’s being generous) classroom because they wanted to stand by us, so there were about 100 kids, 5 teachers, and 10 of us standing in the little room. It was crazy. We passed out stickers, prayed, said our goodbyes, and sprinted from the classroom to the van in the rain.

After we got home we ate some lunch and had a meeting about our village trip to Luwero. It was pretty short. We are going to be staying at a school, building a goat shed and giving goats to 4 different families, and doing some evangelism once we finish our sheds. We are leaving tomorrow at 3 and coming back on Saturday afternoon. We’ll be back in time Saturday to have a proper 4th of July celebration! I’ve been campaigning for roasted marshmellows and sausage (they don’t have hamburgers or hot dogs here) all week. The US Embassy is also having a fireworks show, so some of us may go over there.

After our meeting we went to the store to get supplies for Luwero. I was able to get a 3 gallon container of water for $1.75 and 6 CDs for $2. Shopping in Uganda never gets old.

After our trip we headed to Clive College (high school). Clive College is literally next door to us. Our fence shares a fence with them. We went over there and sang some songs and did a skit and then we spilt up into groups of girls and boys and let them ask us questions. Most of the girls were too embarrassed to ask the questions out loud, so they had to write them down and pass them up. Most of the questions were really intense. Questions about boyfriends pressuring them to have sex, what to do if your boyfriend has HIV, how to feel more like a girl, what to do if a friend is peer pressuring you. It was a good reminder that these girls are just like the girls in US high schools, and that being in Africa doesn’t make them any different. Two of the questions were extremely serious. One of the girls had a lover who was paying her school fees and then she found out that her lover had a wife and three kids so she ended things. Her lover is now threatening to kill her if she doesn’t pay the school fees back. Another girl is being sexually harassed by her teacher.

We answered the questions as best we could and then we talked to them for a bit afterwards. The girl being sexually harassed by her teacher came and talked to me more about it. I told her that she really needed to tell her headmistress and offered to go with her, but she was still too nervous to go. I’ve been praying for her, and I hope you will too. We are going to try to go back more often now that we have established a relationship with the school so hopefully I can go back and check on her.

After our school visit we came home, ate some delicious breakfast tacos, played some card games with Brett and the Emilys, and watched The Last King Of Scotland. It was extremely depressing in case you’re wondering, but I still really enjoyed it.

Tomorrow we leave for Luwero so you won’t hear from me until Saturday or Sunday. Please pray for safe travel for our group, for successful building, and for hearts to be opened when we evangelize. Also pray for energy and strength for our group as we go throughout the week. If I don’t talk to you before then, have a great 4th of July!

Enjoy a Few Tropical Burgers For Me,
Jenna