Adventures in Uganda: Here In Uganda at Last

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Here In Uganda at Last

I am finally able to add to my blog. Many of you have received my e-mails, but I wanted to update this site. I don't know if I will be able to add pictures and I have 5 min. until I go to a meeting. What a joyous experience this has been. Uganda is beautiful and the people are so welcoming. The girls in the primary school are so sweet and shy and want to hold your hand. The girls from the Secondary school are intelligent, proud, friendly and want to talk about everythihg. I am not giving them nearly as much as they are giving me. The weather is cool and today is particularly beautiful. We have been to Lake Nabugabo and saw monkeys. The lake was beautiful. We travel from school to school by bus and the ride is very bumpy. I will try to write more later. Love from Africa, Ruth

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Back At Home

Well, I've been home almost a week now and I am finally beginning to feel normal. I still want to fall asleep during the day, but not so drastically now. I am beginning to go through the hundreds of pictures I have taken and I am remembering the wonderful experience I was able to have in Uganda. I miss the girls, the Sisters, the countryside and yes, even some of the food - especially FRESH pineapple, bananas and avocados everyday!! But mostly I miss the new family of friends I made during this adventure. All of us have gone back to our "normal" lives, but our thoughts of Uganda are never far away. I used my washing machine for the first time in a month a few days ago - and I will never take it for granted, nor the lovely hot showers I am able to take each morning. Going through the grocery store, I stop and think - do I really need that? I hope I won't take many parts of my life in the US for granted ever again, but I am afraid as time goes on, that will creep back into my life. I feel so much more apart of Sacred Heart Education, even though I have been teaching at Duchesne for 22 years. Watching teachers really learn what Sacred Heart Education means, and see them embrace the goals, was life changing. Seeing their faces change as they hear about loving discipline instead of corporal punishment - wow!! These ideas are a big cultural difference. As they saw us interact with the girls in playful, loving ways, was amazing to them. Playing hokey-pokey, duck-duck-goose, jump rope and ball with the girls and not just standing by watching, gave them a whole new perspective on teaching. Telling all the wonderful stories, that will be my challenge in the next months. I am putting several of my favorite pictures on the blog after this entry, but know that there are so many more that you will see as the year goes on. Be sure to scroll all the way down to see larger pictures. I will add some each day. I know I have said it many times - but I really want to thank all of you for your prayers, your e-mails, and your love as I was on this adventure. They kept my heart singing through each day.