odd, icky and the internet

Odd:

After a challenging day...witnessing the hard life a Ugandan villager lives, poverty, orphans, disease (we are trying to capture the up and down emotions that we experience each day, from hurt and pain to joy and laughter in this blog), we arrived back at Pastor Stephen's ranch.

I stood outside the front of his home on the red African soil overlooking the green landscape of the Ugandan hills. Ali was taking pictures of the common safari animal...cows. And in the distance I could here the beautiful sounds of the Titanic theme song.

What a way to end a day.

Icky:

We never know what we will see on any given day, but Tuesday was exceptionally gross. We were at the school standing outside while the children were gathering for an assembly (we quickly learned that a Ugandan assembly is not a pep rally, but a gathering of all of the children for discipline). We weren't real excited about watching what would transpire...fortunately, depending on how you see it, something else grabbed our attention. One of the cows at the school had seen it's last day.

For the next 30 minutes we (meaning Ali, me and about 50 children) watched some men butcher a cow. From taking it's last breath to being hung up for dinner that night. Our video is pretty awesome!

Internet:

Since moving out of the hotel, our internet access has become very limited. Currently, I am at the school using the one computer that can connect. To do so, I had to ask the secretary to take a break...she is finished with her break and simply waiting for me to finish so she can get back to work.

the point - We will do our best to keep posting, but our slideshows will have to wait. We will mention if/when we add pics to the slideshow.

Thanks for reading and keeping up with us in Uganda.

Oh, I almost forgot (okay, not really). We met in court today regarding Perez. The judge will not make a ruling until next Wednesday, so no news yet. My opinion in the court was that it did not go real well. Our lawyer and Pastor Stephen both think it was great and that we should fully expect the judge to make a favorable ruling.

Because the judge will be thinking this over during the next few days, please keep praying.

One last thing...

for those who saw me chasing the turkey. It is a real picture, but quite staged. The turkey is injured and can barely move. I gave the appearance of chasing but was not really moving either. And for the record, I was still a bit nervous.

Okay, the secretary has work to do,

so goodbye for now, from uganda with love.