Mirinda Fruities on the Roof

We had a calm and relaxed day yesterday. After spending the morning in church celebrating Palm Sunday, we received a last minute invitation to visit our friend Richard's house for lunch. We were extremely grateful for the invitation and enjoyed every bit of our conversations with the people who came and also enjoyed every bit of the meal! Beef stew, rice, avocado, pineapple, chapat...the works! Thank you, Richard, for your hospitality.

Played baseball with our little friend Mulego Moses and about 25 other kids. It is obvious that baseball is not the sport of choice in Uganda. Few kids at the school even knew how to hold the bat, much less run the bases in any sort of organized game-type fashion. Granted, our bases were just kids shoes and pieces of trash, but it was still a very foreign concept to them. These kids are quick learners, though, and by the third or fourth time batting they were picking it up.

Bought a few sodas and enjoyed a beautiful sunset on the roof with the kids. They were drinking a kind of soda here called Mirinda Fruity (many of you Ugandan travelers know this drink). The amount of dye and sugar in this soda is probably toxic, but the kids love them.

Back to work on sponsorship update photos and letters today. Should receive passport tomorrow and be off to the embassy on Wednesday for interview!

From Uganda with Love,

Ali