So today I stayed home to write one of my big papers that’s due soon. To everyone’s surprise, including mine, I finished the whole thing before 5pm! What an achievement. Eight pages down, now only 12 or so more to go! This semester has flown by. Our classes end this week! Next week I have one exam (LUGANDA, ehhhhh) and then that’s about it. I’ve just got to get these papers out of the way.
I also went with Maama to school today after I wrote my paper. I’ve gone with her once before on a Sunday morning. She’s the Chaplin at a Day/Boarding School, so she teaches the Bible & I get to teach songs. It sounds fun I guess, to teach songs to kids, but it’s actually really stressful and it makes me nervous. First of all, I have to sing the song over and over again until the kids understand the words and the tune. Good thing I’m not overly self-conscious about my voice. But then you have to remember that English is the second language here… so that presents some challenges. And lastly, I asked a woman today how many kids attend the school & she said that there were about 1,200. I’d say that about half of them have been present while I’ve been there. Overall I’d say that it’s gone pretty well. They absolutely loved the first song that I taught them…
“I want to sing, sing, sing. I want to shout, shout, shout. I want to sing, I want to shout, PRAISE THE LORD! When those gates are opened wide I’m going to sit by Jesus’ side. I’m going to sing, I’m going to shout, PRAISE THE LORD!”
All of you camp people are smiling/singing along :)
The second one I taught them just today was…
“I love you Lord & I lift my voice to worship you, oh my soul rejoice. Take joy my King in what you hear. May it be a sweet, sweet sound in your ear.”
That one was okay. I think that the older students enjoyed it more than the younger ones though. It’s getting late & I want to sleep, but first I need to share my baby moments of the day. Everyone loves baby moments.
Nankinga Ruth Mary
1) I walked out of my bedroom. Came back not 3 minutes later to find the baby jumping/dancing on top of my laptop case with my toothbrush in her mouth. Unforgettable moment.
2) Maama brought Mary with us to the school for some reason. A few minutes after we got in the car she tossed her into the backseat with me… On the way back home from school I got to carry her the whole way. She fell asleep against me for a good 40 minutes. Oh guys, she’s just wonderful. I don’t even care that she used my toothbrush.
P.S. I have 37 more days in Africa, but only 15 more days with my host family in Uganda. What in the world am I going to do without the childrennn…??! AH man.
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