"I am only one, but I am one..."

Forgive me for my last post - it was a bit disgusting. Good news though - my ear is healed already!! :) The hole has closed up and I can now do a regular bucket shower without having to worry about boiling the water to kill the bacteria that could have creeped into my owie.
I still have some cysts - I can feel them, but no more swelling! I won't worry about them until I get back. I can now get back into the groove of workin' hard core. :)

I cannot believe the end is coming nearer.  The 2nd wave left today.  Elaine and Becca left us - it was hard to say goodbye, but knowing that we will see them again in a month was reassuring.  However, it still didn't keep the tears away.

"Don't be dismayed at goodbyes, a farewell is necessary before you can meet again and meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends."

- Richard Bach

Love you two!  You will be missed!

Elaine & Becca - Baayi Party: leg wrestling :)

It is official.  I have become Ugandan.

How you may ask?

I have received a name - a name that makes me Ugandan.  Nalubega. :) I don't know what it means exactly, but a lady gave it to me while we were shopping at her hardware store for supplies for the piggeries.

Complete with becoming Ugandan, I have been educated in Reproductive Health Issues of Uganda. For the past three days, 5 hours a day, we have had the Naguru Teenage Health Centre has been training us and telling us about Reproductive Health.  It was very interesting.  We should have had this at the beginning of the summer!  It would have been extremely helpful for our project Proud.  But nevertheless, it was still grand.

Rosette, Eve, and Betty's kids :)

The other week I went to Kampala with Troy and McCall for some meetings with a doctor who works at the Ministry of Magic Health.  After our meeting, we bought some paint for Happy Child's project, and then we walked around Kampala for a little bit.

We stumbled upon a Hindu Temple.  It was their lunch break, but they would be back at 4; so we headed down to the Nakaseru market place.

Holy Macaroni!  That market was insanely crazy!!!!  I have never been in a market place that busy.  There was barely pathway large enough for two people to stand side by side.  I was kind of in shock.  So many people bustling around me - buying their food for their dinner for that day.  It made me extremely glad to have a walmart where aisles aren't insanely crowded and you don't have to worry about getting run over by someone carrying a VERY large bag of potatoes or who knows what kind of vegetable/fruit!

After the market, we headed back to the Hindu Temple.  Two words: Way Neat!  I had never been in a Hindu Temple before!  It was cool.  It was very spacious and they had different shrines set up all around the walls.  We had to take off our shoes before entering.  It was a neat old building too.  I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I love cultural experiences like this: crazy market place and different places of worship.  It is neat to see what things are like outside of America - it broadens my perspective so much each time I get an experience like this.  It also makes me so much more grateful that I live in America.  I had no idea how lucky I was before I came here for the summer.  What a humbling experience.  I love it. :)

Quote of the Day! :)

"I am only one, but I am one.  I cannot do everything, but I can do something.  And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do." - Edward Everett Hale