Moving into the Next Stage...Going to ETHIOPIA!!!

Hello Everyone!

So, this past week was our last week spent in Kampala. It was very busy with completing school assignments...we ended classes on Friday! I also had the opportunity to visit the slums in mid week with some other friends. It was a very eye opening experience...I am glad I went. We met with Jess, a woman who works with African Hearts Organization. She helps provide first aid to the street kids as well as fulfills several other duties. On Friday, we went to market with Grace, our cook, and ate at an Indian Restaurant downtown. I discovered my dislike for Indian food...too spicy for my taste buds! Saturday was Valentine's Day. The girls got up early to wake up the boys with blaring Backstreet Boys song, "As Long as You Love Me" and burst into their room with cards we made and a poem we wrote. We also made breakfast, which included bacon!, and eggs, which I made, to celebrate! Later we delivered the heart sugar cookies. The morning was relaxed and then me, Roanna, and Jenny went into to town...found a cute milkshake place and shared a vanilla milkshake. Then, we came home to eat dinner and head out to a worship service. Turns out what we thought to be a 6:30 service actually began at 5:15...so, we basically sang 10 minutes of worship songs and then it ended. We got to talk to Pastor Francis who was so funny...hope to return to the church. Afterwards, we went to a snack place and got some juice....then headed home. Sunday, a bunch of us went to Aero Beach in Entebbe. It was soo much fun...felt like I was in the Bahamas. They blasted fun music while we swam, played frisbee, a volleyball game with some Ugandan dudes, and relaxed...caught some sun rays and am a little darker with some sunburn too. Sandy, Suzy, and I left early to go back and make dinner...it was our night to cook. We were slightly delayed due to traffic and a mutatu incident...I'll talk about that later, but anyway, we got home and grilled chicken with toasted sandwiches, chips, and frozen chocolate bananas. Then, I packed for Ethiopia and joined our group for our last worship time together. Today is very busy. Everyone has left for their practicums except for my group...the house is very empty and we are busy packing, etc. We leave at 2 and our flight is around 5 I think...we'll get into Ethiopia around 7 or so. I will be staying there for 3 1/2 weeks working with Child Development...working with kids, organizing a girl's group, and other things. I gotta go but I will write in a few weeks! Bye