Food was soo tasteful today, after not eating much while being ill. We will usually have rice and beans, covered with a bit of bean-like soup. The Dining Hall staff also graciously serves us pineapple many days, and in the mornings we are able to eat plain deep fried donuts, and sweet tea. These oods are wonderful and I like them very much. I admit that it is a bit hard to sit with Ugandan students that I do not know, and I do only know a few. I have enjoyed a couple mornings of running at the track and getting to meet people that way- one brother, named Ishmael said that he's aiming to run in the 2012 Olympics (I didn't do anything but sit beside him on the side of the track:).
This weekend, the IMME track of our program will leave the University and travel to Jinja (about 50Km) away and spend time with a missionary couple, a church, and others in the town I think. I will report more about this. I do desire to be engaging with Ugandans, and to not be hiding from the fact that I am here. I truly need ambition, and courage, and discipline to adventure into not only the country and opportunities around me, but also into the lives of the people that surround me both through the program, and through those I should meet.
Thank you each, dear friends in the country and home from which I've come. I miss you and am glad to be sharing this valuable experience with you all.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
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