The days are passing by. Actually have I started to feel that the weeks are going fast, sometimes I feel that I’ve just taken a malaria tablet, before it is Tuesday again and time to take the next one! I’m not sure if that is a bad sign as the practice period is going to fast, or a good, but I choose to take it as a good sign, and believe that the time is going fast because I’m having a good time.
For a couple of days ago we got some kind of a schedule with Sam. We’re going to spend at least one day at the office, we have one day off, totally free, one study day where we’re supposed to read our curriculum, two evenings at the university, Saturdays is with the children and at Sundays we will go to church and then we have the rest of the day free to what we want, except for some Sundays when there is a meeting.
Yesterday we visited a Care-group, and that was very interesting. For one week ago they had raised the question whether “saved” and “born again” had the same meaning. And it was interesting to hear some answers, and Kay answered that we don’t use “born again” so much in his church, but he meant that if a person is “born again” he has to stop doing bad things if he used to do that before. Other meant that everybody is “saved”, but you have to choose to accept that and then you will be “born again”. And I will say I agree with Kay. Then we sang one song and prayed in the end. A Care-group doesn’t last more than one or one and a half hour. So that will be a good thing to attend I think. And on Monday we will meet with the Care-groupleaders, and I’m not sure what we will do at that meeting, so that will be exciting!
Just a couple of things I have to mention: Yesterday I found a place I can get really good coffee! That made my day perfect:) And today I probably bought the most expensive thing to put on my bread so far, raspbarryjam for 10 000 Ush! (ca. 40 Nkr) That jam better be really good!!
27.10.06
Some of the kids
Fred (in the white shirt and two other of the kids. Fred is one of the oldest at the project. He's going to teach me luganda!
Hey, take a picture of me!!
Aina fits right into the games:)
23.10.06
18.10.06
Food
I’m a little sad when I’m writing about the food. Because I’m going to write some bad things about it and the fact that we’ve been here for one week now, and have 25 to go. We eat a lot of rise, ugali (banana, looks like mashed potatoes), a kind of vegetables, meat and sweet potatoes. We actually eat that for lunch and supper almost every day. And I’ve started to get a little tired of that. But today we got chickensoup and rise for dinner, so that was really good!! And yesterday we were downtown and we bought pizzaJ Things I miss is spaghetti, meatballs, my own homemade pizza, cereal ( I know I can get it here, but I need cold milk, and that’s not so easy to get) and to drink tapped water from the Alneswater. So for lunch today we didn’t eat that much, so I went down to a local store to find buns or something. It was a little scary to walk by my self, mostly because of the traffic, the guards with machineguns, shotguns and other kinds of weapons that are almost everywhere starts to get quite normal to me.
16.10.06
The weekend
Friday was the waiting day. First we waited three hours for Sam who should come and pick us up. Then we waited 45 minutes at the office before we got some information about what work we will do and how the weeks will be. I will work together with a guy called Daniel, a nice young man. After the meeting we went to Makarere University with Daniel. On the way we went trough the slum, and many of the kids shouted “mosongo” after us. It wasn’t a nice sight and it smelled badly.
At Saturday we woke up very early, the mosque just over the road from our house starts to pray around 5 am and keeps it going for 10 minutes or so. Quite irritating that early in the morning. This day we participated in the child program at FOCUS. We didn’t have any responsibilities today; we just observed the different activities and classes. The kids live in the slum and FOCUS wants to give them a chance to get a better life. It was very interesting! In my class they learned some new English words, about life-skills, sexuality and they had some bible study. In the breaks we played with the kids, games they knew, and football. I got a friend called Michael, a cute little boy at 7 years:o) I learned some Luganda from the boys in my class, and I teached them some Norwegian. It was a really nice and interesting day, though a little hard because all the kids wanted us to join their games all the time. But I really look forward to next Saturday; I think those days will be like a refill after a maybe hard week.
At Sunday we went to a service in the church where Sam uses to go. It was very different from what I’m used to, but I think this service applied more to me than the service at home. We’ve some program later this afternoon, but I’m not sure what it is.
At Saturday we woke up very early, the mosque just over the road from our house starts to pray around 5 am and keeps it going for 10 minutes or so. Quite irritating that early in the morning. This day we participated in the child program at FOCUS. We didn’t have any responsibilities today; we just observed the different activities and classes. The kids live in the slum and FOCUS wants to give them a chance to get a better life. It was very interesting! In my class they learned some new English words, about life-skills, sexuality and they had some bible study. In the breaks we played with the kids, games they knew, and football. I got a friend called Michael, a cute little boy at 7 years:o) I learned some Luganda from the boys in my class, and I teached them some Norwegian. It was a really nice and interesting day, though a little hard because all the kids wanted us to join their games all the time. But I really look forward to next Saturday; I think those days will be like a refill after a maybe hard week.
At Sunday we went to a service in the church where Sam uses to go. It was very different from what I’m used to, but I think this service applied more to me than the service at home. We’ve some program later this afternoon, but I’m not sure what it is.
The first days…
Hei! Då he ej endeli fått tilgang på nett Ska prøve å oppdatere så ofte ej kan! Men fra no av kjøme ej til å skrive på engelsk av hensyn til dei internasjonale studentane på Hald. For dokke som eventuelt ikkje forstår, fær høre me nakken ta om å få det oversatt;o)
Finally we got the chance to go to the Internet After 6 days with just a little contact with people outside this group, it is good to read my mails and read the blogs to the other Hald-students! We’ve been wondering how you are doing!
I will just post a summary of the first four days here in Uganda.
It was a little sad to say goodbye to my family and friends in the weekend, but it was really good to start the journey! Me, Kay, Stine and Christina arrived in Oslo late Monday evening, so if was almost just to go to bed when we came to the airport hotel.
We took the plane to Schipol where we met many Hald-stundets, and it was really sad with all the goodbyes.
The flight went quite fast, I slept a lot, and listened to my music. The most fascinating was how long time it took to fly over Sahara! It was cool to get a glimpse of the big dessert I have heard so much about.
When we arrived it was dark, but really warm and high humidity. We drove to a guesthouse where we slept the three first nights, it was exciting to look out the window, and see all the people that walked by the road. There were many small shops, and they were lightened up by small oil lamps.
The first day we slept until ten before Sam came to pick us up. We drove through the city to the FOCUS-office. It was a little special to see with my own eyes how the slum right by the office is and how they live, as we drove past. To drive in Uganda can be a bit of a challenge. It can look like there are no trafficrules, just some policemen by the largest roundabouts to have a little control of the situation. It seems like you just have to be a little aggressive and drive whenever you get the chance. And for the bodabodas, motorcycletaxis, there are no rules. While the traffic is stuck and you have to wait, the bodabodas drives between the cars, even when there almost is no space. And if you want a pair of shoes, a belt, a newspaper or other small things, you can do it with the guys that walk by the road where the traffic block is biggest. After we had visited the office, we drove into the city to get take out some money and to grab something to eat. And while we were standing in line to get out some money, we met the Act Now’ers that were in Kampala the first three days. Funny!
In the evening we followed a missionary family that live in the same guesthouse into the city, their kids wanted ice-cream. They live in Mbarara, so it would be funny to visit them if we’re going there some time!
The 2nd day we had prayer meeting all day with the FOCUS-staff. They came to pick us up at 7.30 am, and the trip that were supposed to take 20 minutes, took 1,5 hour! But finally we arrived at the house we were supposed, and it became a really nice day where we worshiped the Lord and prayed all day until 4 pm. Then we got back at the guesthouse to relax. On the way back we got a little more information about the work we’re going to do, and the places we’re going to live. The girls will work and live together, they will work at Makarere University, the largest in Uganda, me and Kay will work and live separately, I will be in a university quite close to Kampala, and Kay in a university close to Entebbe. I and Kay will live together with the STAM-staff, but they’re waiting for some things to be ready before we can move in with them, so we will live in Sam’s house the first month.
Back to the 2nd day, after a short break at “home”, we went for a walk around in the neighborhood, and we met two boys that guided us through a suburban area of Kampala. It was an interesting walk; we talked to some kids and got a glimpse of how the one with a little less money live.
Finally we got the chance to go to the Internet After 6 days with just a little contact with people outside this group, it is good to read my mails and read the blogs to the other Hald-students! We’ve been wondering how you are doing!
I will just post a summary of the first four days here in Uganda.
It was a little sad to say goodbye to my family and friends in the weekend, but it was really good to start the journey! Me, Kay, Stine and Christina arrived in Oslo late Monday evening, so if was almost just to go to bed when we came to the airport hotel.
We took the plane to Schipol where we met many Hald-stundets, and it was really sad with all the goodbyes.
The flight went quite fast, I slept a lot, and listened to my music. The most fascinating was how long time it took to fly over Sahara! It was cool to get a glimpse of the big dessert I have heard so much about.
When we arrived it was dark, but really warm and high humidity. We drove to a guesthouse where we slept the three first nights, it was exciting to look out the window, and see all the people that walked by the road. There were many small shops, and they were lightened up by small oil lamps.
The first day we slept until ten before Sam came to pick us up. We drove through the city to the FOCUS-office. It was a little special to see with my own eyes how the slum right by the office is and how they live, as we drove past. To drive in Uganda can be a bit of a challenge. It can look like there are no trafficrules, just some policemen by the largest roundabouts to have a little control of the situation. It seems like you just have to be a little aggressive and drive whenever you get the chance. And for the bodabodas, motorcycletaxis, there are no rules. While the traffic is stuck and you have to wait, the bodabodas drives between the cars, even when there almost is no space. And if you want a pair of shoes, a belt, a newspaper or other small things, you can do it with the guys that walk by the road where the traffic block is biggest. After we had visited the office, we drove into the city to get take out some money and to grab something to eat. And while we were standing in line to get out some money, we met the Act Now’ers that were in Kampala the first three days. Funny!
In the evening we followed a missionary family that live in the same guesthouse into the city, their kids wanted ice-cream. They live in Mbarara, so it would be funny to visit them if we’re going there some time!
The 2nd day we had prayer meeting all day with the FOCUS-staff. They came to pick us up at 7.30 am, and the trip that were supposed to take 20 minutes, took 1,5 hour! But finally we arrived at the house we were supposed, and it became a really nice day where we worshiped the Lord and prayed all day until 4 pm. Then we got back at the guesthouse to relax. On the way back we got a little more information about the work we’re going to do, and the places we’re going to live. The girls will work and live together, they will work at Makarere University, the largest in Uganda, me and Kay will work and live separately, I will be in a university quite close to Kampala, and Kay in a university close to Entebbe. I and Kay will live together with the STAM-staff, but they’re waiting for some things to be ready before we can move in with them, so we will live in Sam’s house the first month.
Back to the 2nd day, after a short break at “home”, we went for a walk around in the neighborhood, and we met two boys that guided us through a suburban area of Kampala. It was an interesting walk; we talked to some kids and got a glimpse of how the one with a little less money live.
9.10.06
Pakk
Då he dagen komt!! HJELP!? Siste inspurt før avreise he begynt, alt som skulle vaskast e reint og tørt, og kuffertn bjønde å fyllast opp!
Sete her på kontoret med litt blanda følelsa. Gleda mej veldi til å kome ut gjennom døra, samtidi som ej gjerne skulla hatt meir tid heime. Men det he vør ei kjekke helg der ej he fått sett dei fleste og sagt hade/på gjensyn:) Kjøme t å savne dokke folkens:/
Fær ta å pakke restn og sjå til at ho mamma stryke skjortene mine.
So blir avskjeds-/pakkehelga avsluttamed festmiddag inn me næ Mormor og na Bestefar der det blir servert potetball! NAM!
Då e det berre å følge med på sidene her, ska oppdatere so sant ej he sjans:)
So sjåast oss til våren!
Sete her på kontoret med litt blanda følelsa. Gleda mej veldi til å kome ut gjennom døra, samtidi som ej gjerne skulla hatt meir tid heime. Men det he vør ei kjekke helg der ej he fått sett dei fleste og sagt hade/på gjensyn:) Kjøme t å savne dokke folkens:/
Fær ta å pakke restn og sjå til at ho mamma stryke skjortene mine.
So blir avskjeds-/pakkehelga avsluttamed festmiddag inn me næ Mormor og na Bestefar der det blir servert potetball! NAM!
Då e det berre å følge med på sidene her, ska oppdatere so sant ej he sjans:)
So sjåast oss til våren!
5.10.06
Last 30 hours...
Når Tone sa disse orda i overskrifta i dag tidli, fòr mange tanka gjennom haude. Det he vør en litt rar dag, men samtidi so he det ikkje heilt gått opp for mej at oss ska reise i mørga, og at ej ikkje ska sjå dei fleste av dei på 6 måna.
Alle linjene hadde samling kvar for oss der oss fortalte kvarandre om en "ting" oss ønska å ta med oss til praksisplassn. Dei fleste sa "the great fellowship". Og det e nok det ej me kjøme til å savne aller mest. Dei utruli flotte folka her. So satte oss oss i grupper, og ba for kvarandre.
No e det rydding, pakking og pynting og matlaging til "Farwelparty-et", som opptæke folk. Ei litt rar stemning i gangane. Men so e det utruli kjekt å vite at oss ser kvarandre igjenn til våren, og at oss fær henge i lag i nesten 2 måna då!
Det var alt for no, siste Blogg-oppdatering fra Hald på dinne sia ta nyttåret e gjort:)
Alle linjene hadde samling kvar for oss der oss fortalte kvarandre om en "ting" oss ønska å ta med oss til praksisplassn. Dei fleste sa "the great fellowship". Og det e nok det ej me kjøme til å savne aller mest. Dei utruli flotte folka her. So satte oss oss i grupper, og ba for kvarandre.
No e det rydding, pakking og pynting og matlaging til "Farwelparty-et", som opptæke folk. Ei litt rar stemning i gangane. Men so e det utruli kjekt å vite at oss ser kvarandre igjenn til våren, og at oss fær henge i lag i nesten 2 måna då!
Det var alt for no, siste Blogg-oppdatering fra Hald på dinne sia ta nyttåret e gjort:)
3.10.06
Gratis!? Høyrte ej gratis?!
Stemme det:) I dag satte kaffisjefen "varmedrikka"-maskina vår på gratis! Av den enkle grunn at oss skulle klare å holde oss vokne i timane. For en mista litt ro og søvn når brannalarmen jenge av kl. 23, kl. 00.45 og kl. 05.10:( Og det blir meir og meir erriterende når alle tre vise sej å vere en vrang sensor som sette det heile i gang uten grunn...
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