Again, I’m blogging about this a couple of weeks late, but at least I’m getting around to it! As you may remember, we were staying at the Farm here, which is a 15 minute drive away from the ASM/Hands at Work campuses. Now though, we’re staying down at ASM in a little house called Westmont. Full of mould when we first saw it, it has now been re-tiled, painted, and cleaned, and is now a lot better. Our parents, Joshua, Ayana, and Moses live in Westmont, and Megan and I have our own little apartment right across from it. We’re really enjoying having and decorating our own space! Unfortunately Megan isn’t the most organized or tidy person, so its not always the cleanest atmosphere, but we’re working on it!
As well as moving, we’re now getting involved in a lot more stuff. With having almost nothing to do before, I’m now working in the office every morning until noon, as an administration assistant (or “the temp”…. I love The Office, best show ever! :D). Along with that, Megan, my mom, and I are now starting to get involved with the young mom’s group here, which I’m really excited about! There is a group of girls, aged 12-24 (and yes, there are four 12 year olds with babies :S) who meet once a week with their children in a support group, and do workshops at various times throughout the months. Last Friday my mom and I went along for one of their support groups… not many girls were there, and of the ones who showed up, only 4 of them brought their children. But man were they cute!! One little girl, Gift, was 7 months, and one of the smiliest babies ever! And a little boy who I held called Clarence was such a cutie and his mom, 16 year old Katie was such a sweetheart! I’m really looking forward to getting to know these girls, and developing relationships with them and their children. On Monday and Tuesday we’ll be going along on several home visits to some of the girls’ houses, so that’ll be really interesting (and often heartbreaking I’m sure).
On another note, Megan and I are less than a week away from being back in Kibaale! I can’t remember if I mentioned this before, but while we were there last time, we were asked by the Dykes (the missionary family living at Kibaale) if we would want to come back in February, and help out with the PA team (our school back in Canada- we send multiple teams out every year to countries all over the world; I visited India during my grade 11 year, and Kibaale in my grade 12 year)… and of course we said yes! So on Saturday the 6th, we will be heading over to Uganda to spend time with the Dykes, the Davies, and Rachel for a few days, and then helping out with the PA team for the rest of the time. We will be there for 3 weeks, and we are so looking forward to connecting with friends again, both from Uganda and Canada. Kibaale, here we come!! J
