Thursday, September 20, 2007

Ah, I just felt like writing a little mid week update.

I really enjoy living in Uganda. Its very pretty and I enjoy not having to have a car. There are some things to get used to. For instance, friends coming over and staying for 2.5 hours even after you told them that you are sick. The upside is you don't get lonlely here.

I am also teaching 6th grade English and Bible now in addition to 5th grade. It has been interesting have 2 classes in the same room and trying to teach diffrent subjects, but it is not bad, considering that there are only 4 6th graders, and 8 5th graders.

Greg and I are also really excited because our house girl (maid) has asked us to go visit her family in their village with her. We are very excited to get to go. We feel special that she would want us to come, and we have also been told that since we are living in Kampala, we do not know what it is really like to live in Uganda. Over a million people live in Kampala, but the majority of the population still lives in rural villages. She has not been home in over 2 years. She tells us that they will probably slaughter a goat for her homecoming! We will not be going until November, however.

Well, this has been a random update, but have a great day!

-Stephanie

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey guys! Are you going to Monica's village? I love and miss Monica!! You'll get to meet Winnie! Who are the 6th graders that you teach? Who is their other teacher? I'm glad you are enjoying it there!

Anonymous said...

manny here,
great pics, i'm glad to see that it's not all work and no play for you guys.
it looks like it has finally stopped raining here in houston(knock wood).
aia recently hired another engineer and another cadd tech, and we are currently working on 447b traffic control. business as usual.
on another random subject, "heroes" new season starts tonight, so i'm really excited about that.
well, we're really proud of you guys hope you enjoy this experience.

Greg said...

Hey Manny,

If you could make sure everyone sees this blog it would be great. I am glad to hear everything is running smoothely and the company didn't crumble on my departure. I should send everyone on my list (I still have it) an update. Kind of an AIA update that talks more about the specifics of the work I am doing (surveying).