Recap of Final Week in Uganda

I guess I’ve kind of neglected my blog since coming home! Obviously, I made it back safely to the States. I arrived back home on July 28th. : )

My last week in Uganda was a mixture of trying to recover from the previous two weeks (mainly from lack of adequate sleep) and making sure to say “goodbye” to everyone.



One of the highlights of that last week was inviting three little girls - Dora (grade 7), her sister Prossy (grade 6), and Sheila (grade 6) - over to my house to bake cookies after school. They were SO EXCITED just to come to the house and hang out with us. We made two batches of chocolate chip cookies. They were quite hilarious because they were so curious about all the things in our house. (Their homes are usually one or two rented rooms with very little furnishings and no running water inside.) They explored every crevice of the house and found everything quite fascinating. They also were excited to get to bathe in a real shower! I think that was actually their favorite part of the visit.



I also attended the wedding of our Kampala site manager, Georgina. Ugandan weddings are long, all-day affairs. The actual ceremony always starts at least an hour or two late and consists of singing, a lengthy entrance by the bridal party, traditional exchanging of vows and rings, a sermon, and the signing of the marriage certificate. Afterwards, people slowly arrive at the reception site, but, as in America, the reception usually does not begin right away as everyone waits for the bride and groom to arrive. The wedding was beautiful and happy. We arrived at the church around noon and did not arrive back home from the reception until about 10 PM. However, most of the Hope Alive! staff and some of the students attended the wedding and reception, so it was very nice to be able to spend some fun times with them.

Leaving Uganda again was difficult as expected, though I was happy to be going home. It had been a tiring, but very full and happy, five weeks. I had to laugh when several of the students’ parents scolded me for not staying long enough this time. They all informed me that I needed to get a job that would keep me in Uganda permanently! Ha ha.




I do plan to continue making visits to Uganda until I have a clear vision of where God will place me in the long-term.

Thank you all for your interest and prayers during this most recent venture to Uganda!