Bits and Pieces

Okay, so email and everything is ESPECIALLY slow today and quite frustrating. I will write little and attach pictures. I want to respond to each of you who have written, but can't because email just isn't quick enough.

FORMS OF ENTERTAINMENT

Children here actually catch grasshoppers, tie little strings on their legs, and then let them fly away - but of course, they can catch them with these trusty little attachments!

FOOD UPDATE

Fish soup for breakfast! That's a new one. Also, I watched dinner die the other week (chicken - they saw the heads off instead of chopping. Less flopping of the victim after death. Amazingly, I still had an appetite!). Plus, yesterday I cut off the fish heads for dinner. But I still won't kill anything myself...not even a grasshopper.

KWAYA PRACTICE (Choir - that's truly how they spell it here!)

The way they learn here is incredible. Instead of having written words, they listen to each line several times, and then sing it - and find their own harmonies. What results is a beautiful blend of voice!

NEW FRIENDS

Yesterday I walked past a pillowcase making shop, and stopped into meet a girl I'd met last week with Mama Sweya. The girl invited me back, so I brought Beth and we sat and visited today for an hour. Great fun!

CHILDREN

How they love posing for pictures here! Forget candids - unless you have 100 metre zoom.

THIS WEEKEND

We are all traveling to Karagwe by bus for the weekend. During this time, we will visit an orphanage, create a program for church and possibly school, encourage the church (that means leaving money...), and pray with families.

DISCOVERY - FROM THE MOUTHS OF AFRICANS

The people here do not want Westerners to simply "send money." They want us to come, pray with them, meet them, have friendships (deeply) with them, encourage them. Sending money does not result in relationships, which is of prime importance to people here - and, I believe, to God also.

Okay, so let's now try for some photos...

PS. Taubensees, THANK YOU for the tip. We have now set up email and hopefully it will be quicker next time!