1/21/10 8:15 PM

Uganda; day 23

Today has been a good day! We spent the morning working with the staff on budgeting and then headed to town in the afternoon. We were down to our last $5.00 so we were praying that our money had arrived from the states. Our first stop was the bank (of course) we asked to withdraw some money and were told that it hadn’t arrived yet, BUT we were also told that we were misinformed when we opened the account. We were told we had to keep a minimum of $100 in the bank to keep the account open and today the lady told us that for our account that wasn’t the case. What a relief! I celebrated by getting a hamburger for lunch which was the biggest meal I’ve had in the past 11 days.

We were able to go to the local market and pick up some of the supplies we needed, and once again I was surprised at how cheap everything is here. We bought two pans, two cleaning basins, pot holders, a wooden spoon, and a stick of soap for laundry, for about $7.00.

Soon we will be able to cook here at the home instead of going to town for our one meal a day. It will be much less expensive and much better tasting. We’re also looking forward to getting internet at the home, hopefully next week.

Once we got back to the home, Kurt decided to start making ear piercing whistling sounds while we were talking outside. He was using a blade of grass and of course the kids were just fascinated with a loud annoying noise, so in a matter of seconds he had a crowd around trying to figure out how to be just as loud and annoying. Thankfully they didn’t figure it out, I can just imagine 15 kids running around the compound making noises like Kurt. It was fun to watch them try though.

-Brandi