Update...frogger
okay, so i have no idea where update...frogger came from, except that i can't call every update.... update... and since every night on the islands i almost step on a frog, why not call it update frogger!... i know you love me!
teacher party.. went really well. each teacher had a time to share his/her testemony....how they became a teacher, and how they came to be a teacher on the islands. it was such a hard decision for most of them because they fear traveling on water so much! (a large percentage of africans cannot swim.) most of the teachers gave the islands one-week and if they were not happy they were going to leave. so far everyone i have met is remaining, i think they lost one teacher earlier. at the party we enjoyed some snacks together and it was a great time for fellowship. one of the students, who was a former ywam'er (24 years old...she has gone back to school) she told me this is the first time that she has seen one of the teachers smile. and he has been smiling continually. she is a girl who has been on the islands for about 4-years so she has been around since the beginning of the school in february and way before. she is really a source of encouragment for me when i am sad or discouraged. praise God for sarah!
Registering the school, step one... today Robert, a pastor on the islands, and myself went to the district education office, to figure out how to get our school registered as an official school. It went really well, the director was very happy to recieve me because i was from wisconsin, and he had been to cederberg, wi. we recieved the proper documents we needed, and the director gave me his cell phone number in case we have any further questions! now we just need to get everything in line with the requirements and we will be set. this sounds easy, but i think this will be a long process.
Introduction... ok i think is funny :)... so i have been on the mainlands the past 4 days because on saturday I attended an introduction. an introduction is done before a couple gets married. the man has to be introduced and welcomed into the womans family. an introduction is very costly, because not only do you prepare food for all that attend, but you have to hire a spokesperson for the brides side and for the husbands side, and the husband to be has to bring many gifts to the father of the bride, like a 'bride price' . the introducation is a huge production! the bride and all her family, friends, and local villagers are all seated very formally. everyone is in there best attire. once the brides side is all settled, then the husband to be, his family and friends all come in and are seated (i was on the husband to be side). the husband to be in not supposed to speak, he has a spokesperson, actually he was not even given a seat of honor he was just among us. so the fun comes in because the two spokespersons joke back and forth so much. for example, as the spokesman were debating over wether or not Richard, the husband to be, could take the woman, Joy, as his bride, Richards spokesman stuttered, so they charged him money and he had to pay. the husband to be spokesperson comes with many envelopes filled with money because they are constantly getting charged for silly things, which make everyone laugh. there is a time to introduce everyone that comes to represent the husbands side. so they always make up lies about the people.. for example, they said i was a U.N. worker from tororo (the county where the husband comes from) and that everyone in tororo is very friendly, that is why i came. also that tony blair sent me. but the spokesperson goofed because later he said i came from the U.S. and the other spokesperson caught him and charged him money. after the debate goes on for awhile they finally accept the husband and so then he brings in all his gifts for the father. the women carry baskets on their head (yes including me!) ... they were making more fun with me, as they said i was from some royal family, since i was the only white person there. it was a great time. the gifts include goats, vegetables, salt, butter....useful things. i really like the playfullness of the whole occasion. i think we should adopt something like this in the U.S. !!
ywam...so shem the base leader is currently on his way to the U.S. to take care of some residency issue and will be there for the next 2-months. catherine his wife is on the mainland until her baby is born (due in november). He has left me in charge of accounts and helping to see things run smooth along with olive and okoro. this is huge!! need lots of guidance to ensure all runs smooth.
child abductions... so i am changing moods... this is really sad. recently many children have been abducted by people who sacrifice the children to 'gods' in hopes of gaining more power, riches.... this has been in the ugandan newspaper and over the radios. these child abductors are hoping to appease demons to get what they want. pray for this.
if you don't know... i love you! and i thank God for you. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox. until my next update..
teacher party.. went really well. each teacher had a time to share his/her testemony....how they became a teacher, and how they came to be a teacher on the islands. it was such a hard decision for most of them because they fear traveling on water so much! (a large percentage of africans cannot swim.) most of the teachers gave the islands one-week and if they were not happy they were going to leave. so far everyone i have met is remaining, i think they lost one teacher earlier. at the party we enjoyed some snacks together and it was a great time for fellowship. one of the students, who was a former ywam'er (24 years old...she has gone back to school) she told me this is the first time that she has seen one of the teachers smile. and he has been smiling continually. she is a girl who has been on the islands for about 4-years so she has been around since the beginning of the school in february and way before. she is really a source of encouragment for me when i am sad or discouraged. praise God for sarah!
Registering the school, step one... today Robert, a pastor on the islands, and myself went to the district education office, to figure out how to get our school registered as an official school. It went really well, the director was very happy to recieve me because i was from wisconsin, and he had been to cederberg, wi. we recieved the proper documents we needed, and the director gave me his cell phone number in case we have any further questions! now we just need to get everything in line with the requirements and we will be set. this sounds easy, but i think this will be a long process.
Introduction... ok i think is funny :)... so i have been on the mainlands the past 4 days because on saturday I attended an introduction. an introduction is done before a couple gets married. the man has to be introduced and welcomed into the womans family. an introduction is very costly, because not only do you prepare food for all that attend, but you have to hire a spokesperson for the brides side and for the husbands side, and the husband to be has to bring many gifts to the father of the bride, like a 'bride price' . the introducation is a huge production! the bride and all her family, friends, and local villagers are all seated very formally. everyone is in there best attire. once the brides side is all settled, then the husband to be, his family and friends all come in and are seated (i was on the husband to be side). the husband to be in not supposed to speak, he has a spokesperson, actually he was not even given a seat of honor he was just among us. so the fun comes in because the two spokespersons joke back and forth so much. for example, as the spokesman were debating over wether or not Richard, the husband to be, could take the woman, Joy, as his bride, Richards spokesman stuttered, so they charged him money and he had to pay. the husband to be spokesperson comes with many envelopes filled with money because they are constantly getting charged for silly things, which make everyone laugh. there is a time to introduce everyone that comes to represent the husbands side. so they always make up lies about the people.. for example, they said i was a U.N. worker from tororo (the county where the husband comes from) and that everyone in tororo is very friendly, that is why i came. also that tony blair sent me. but the spokesperson goofed because later he said i came from the U.S. and the other spokesperson caught him and charged him money. after the debate goes on for awhile they finally accept the husband and so then he brings in all his gifts for the father. the women carry baskets on their head (yes including me!) ... they were making more fun with me, as they said i was from some royal family, since i was the only white person there. it was a great time. the gifts include goats, vegetables, salt, butter....useful things. i really like the playfullness of the whole occasion. i think we should adopt something like this in the U.S. !!
ywam...so shem the base leader is currently on his way to the U.S. to take care of some residency issue and will be there for the next 2-months. catherine his wife is on the mainland until her baby is born (due in november). He has left me in charge of accounts and helping to see things run smooth along with olive and okoro. this is huge!! need lots of guidance to ensure all runs smooth.
child abductions... so i am changing moods... this is really sad. recently many children have been abducted by people who sacrifice the children to 'gods' in hopes of gaining more power, riches.... this has been in the ugandan newspaper and over the radios. these child abductors are hoping to appease demons to get what they want. pray for this.
if you don't know... i love you! and i thank God for you. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox. until my next update..
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