Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Uganda's Independence Day

Yesterday Ugandans celebrated 51 years of Independence from Great Brittian. Our family wore our t-shirts given to us by good friends in Georgia. Here are some photos. 

The Ugandan school had today off, but we decided to have school and spend the day learning about Ugandan geography, history, agriculture, animals and culture. We played Ugandan trivia, learned the national anthem, and learned to play drums and dance the traditional Buganda dance. Esther and I even wore grass skirts; sorry no photos of that. But here are my boys all drumming. 

Because this was a very special day, they slaughtered a pig and all the kids who live at GSF had a special meal together. Here are some of the missionaries serving the rice, pork, cabbage and chipatis. They also got soda for all the kids for a special treat! 
It was fun to be there and celebrate together. The one down side to the day is that Esther has been sick. She has some protozoans in her digestive system. She is taking medicine, but that seems to be bothering her stomach too. Please pray for her quick recovery. Thank you! 

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