Brenda's Posts

Uganda..... Its like u r living in a whole other world..step back several decades anD slow down and u r there
With a bunch of happy children with very little wants or needs just u being there playing with them makes them happy.

The women r making purses. Rode the Boda Boda (motorcycle) to the market. about 10 kil away and bought fabric (Leigh and I ) can't wait to bring some back if u travel u will love them. popcorn, fresh mango and fresh pineapple for breakfast, a very unual combination. the popcorn was cooked over the fire so a little well done but very good beans for lunch.
Trenches dug for clinic and dedication today which meant the farm village celebrated with dancing and we ALL filled the trenches with rock. next comes the cement over the rock. 13 thousand bricks already made here on the farm(made from clay) only 1...3 thousand to go. Rice for supper with veg. that r now growing on the farm. another great day :)

went on night tukle call (house call) last night walked 1/2 mile in dark with headlight thru bushes and grass along a tiny path to a tiny dirt floor hut to see a woman with infection. she basically had her breast filleted at the hosp for "infection" the entire top portion of her breast was cut off with a dirty soaked g...auze on wound which had been left on at hosp for 4 days. they basically butchered her. so so sad

sunday drive thru murcheson falls game park animals out in full force, lots of elephants,wart hogs..giraffes, water buffalo,baboons, hippos and about 20 different species of gazelles and a lion.great day.hot and humid.

popcorn and bananas for brkfast. they slaughtered a goat for us this morning. So goat for lunch and goat and rice and beans for supper.walked over 5 miles today in fried egg on asphault pressure cooker hot weather. josephine (breast girl) is doing better today. smiled and said pain is less. wound still very bad. should have grafts. another great day.

another great day in Africa. Hot and humid. Great to be outdoors all day. start the day at 6:30am by going for a walk return for breakfast then begin the day.Everything is outside except sleeping.It's GREAT..

on our way to Kolongo about 25 kilometers from Sudan border. on bus with IDP family biosand filter bundles of corn. beans rice and sugar live chickens in back of bus and 3 boys from farm and Suzan from farm. about a 5 hour bus ride. will check out hosp and Take family home to IDP camp (internationally displaced person... camp)listened to music around fire last night,INCREDABLE..Drums and harp made with bamboo and strin
also taking drip irrigation and seeds will prepare and plant a garden and set up drip irrigation.

still traveling on bus to get back to farm. just crossed the Nile River it is raging. Had a snack of ground nuts and sesame pieces that the nursing students sent with us. we r now on paved (but bumpy) rd. It is dark and 2 hrs to go. looking forward to getting back to the farm.

We r on our way to Kampala then to entebee. I fly ro amsterdam tonight Leigh and Nadine will stay. Left farm this am will miss all The people here. Such a different slower lifestyle. I Love it here.