Matoke (grows like bananas but tastes like a bittersweet
potato)
Chapattis (Flatbread)
Beef Samosas
Mandazzi (doughnut)
Passion Fruit Juice
Still trying to cook a bit of american style foods for
dinner. Craving so many things from America! (:
They are teaching me how to cook a few Ugandan things.
Best things, all the fresh fruits and super cheap! Can get a huge pineapple for
$2. 2 large bundles of bananas for less than $1. That big bundle of matoke was
$8.
Matoke
I keep sweet tea in the house but limit myself to 1 glass a day so that it
will last longer! As I am typing this, my husband just brought me a Pineapple
Breeze Novida Drink...another one of my favorites. If you every make your way
over here, you HAVE to try one!
Meeting new people almost every day! Yesterday I met 2
people that worked at the home that Ivan grew up in. Today, met another one of
his GSF (The home) sisters he grew up with. We went to a village last week that
all spoke Lusoga (the language Ivan speaks). Found out that many of his mother's
side of the family lives there. Met some Aunts and they were so excited to meet
me. 1 hugged me so tight and said "my daughter is home"! They told me
I have to come back so that they can show me how to digg for potatoes. Said I
need to know! haha. Then I was at the baby home and I saw a lady come in the
gate that looked just like Auntie Peace (the infant baby caretaker) and Nurse
Rose (sonrise nurse). Found out it was her sister. She was introduced to me and
then she realized who I was and that I was married to Ivan. She got so excited,
she gave me the biggest hug and wouldn't let go. (: Kept hugging me and yelling
"my daughter is home, my daughter is finally home"! It's such a good
feeling to know that the family and people around here love and accept me even
though I am a different color! My new siblings treat me like family as well.
Love being with them. Everyone here has kept me from getting super homesick. We
stay really busy too and that helps. Ivan has taken really good care of me. I
love it here and so glad I can call this home. (:
Was told that I became an official Ugandan when the rat
in the house was killed. We don't know how he came in. Our house is solid with
no holes or cracks in the doors, walls, or windows. The only thing we could
think of, it came in with the laundry from outside since it was stuck in the linen
closet. Eww...The house lady noticed some wood shavings next to the closet and
pointed it out to me. Told me to get a trap. when Ivan came home, I told him
about it. That night we were watching a movie and I heard chewing from the
closet. So I walked in to investigate. Mistake. I opened the closet door and
out jumps...a RAT! I screamed and jumped on the bed and it ran under the bed.
Ivan laughs at me. I quickly ran out of the room and closed the door. He can't
get back in the closet and can't leave the room. trapped. Decided to get a trap
the next day. The next day Ivan left to run errands and I was listening to the
rat try to chew through the door and pushing the shavings under the door into
the hallway. ugh. Destruction! We put the trap in the room with some peanuts
and M&M's, within 15 min. Caught! Ivan grabbed it and told me to take a
picture. (: I made him go outside to kill it. He killed it with a rock.
Ok, enough with the rat...
Rainy season has just begun so it rains all the time now
and when it rains, it brings cooler temps. Feels really good and I've even had
to wear a jacket! Having no A/C really hasn't been too bad. On those days when
its been hot I can just plug in a fan. Most of the time, when I am hot, Ivan is
cold. Ugandan's get cold easily. So, I have to keep the fan pointed at me away
from him. The cold showers actually feels pretty good. Don't really miss the
hot water too much. It's kind of refreshing. (;
A team from the UK came in a couple weeks ago. Brought us
coffee and M&M's! THANK YOU! They brought the children's home school
supplies and hired a tutor! Every afternoon at 2pm the teacher comes in to teach
the older children English, Spelling, Numbers, etc. I will be starting to help
her with that soon. There are 9 children in that class at the moment. Many
didn't know how to spell their own name. The UK team made name plates for them
and we started to teach them how to copy and write it. They loved it!
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