Well, my kids have enough English to get by, but there are some very funny things that the locals do with the English language. My brother-in-law and now my friends and I too, love to joke around with some of their mannerisms. The dramatic "what … [Continue reading]
A TRIP TO THE MARKET
Well, today we went to the Market to see the food buying process for the kid's former orphanage. They feed 65 kids and that many staff too- 3 meals a day, 7 days a week. It takes a lot of food. But they've got the system down to a science. … [Continue reading]
TIMOTHY IS MY HERO
One of the greatest joys of being back in Jinja is the chance to love on my friend Timothy. Everytime he sees me and everytime he calls me on the phone, he only calls me "brotha". I love this guy.Yesterday I had the chance to join him in his … [Continue reading]
OVERHEARD
FROM OUR NEWEST KIDS THIS WEEK. MOST OF THEM MULTIPLE TIMES:"Mommy and Daddy are Muzugu (white). Jake is Muzungu. TJ and Tyler is muzungu.""Yes, what are you?""Brown.""Yes. Mommy and Daddy love brown.""Zues is munene and not sileeka." (our dog is … [Continue reading]
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