Hi Everyone,
Life has been busy here. An awesome team from California has been here since last week. I’ve been busy teaching and helping where needed. It has been great to get to know all the Californians.
I have also moved to Faith’s house, she is the director of Bringing Hope to the Family. Right now I’m sharing a room with 5 of the women from the CA team. It’s been an exciting time in our room. Today our light was finally fixed so we have light. We’ve been living by flashlight. According to some people I’m now having a more “African experience.” I have left the comfort of an in door bathroom to a hole in the ground and a real bucket bath.
It was a great blessing to celebrate my birthday here. We had the biggest party at Dorcas…I don’t know if it was intentional or if it just happened. I think it just happened. But we celebrated over a traditional Ugandan meal of millet, rice, meat, and my favorite part…a matooke birthday cake, which I didn’t get to eat, but I did enjoy the thought. I did enjoy serving it Uganda style and watching people's reactions. They either liked it or they didn't. After dinner we danced and had a great time.
But the fun didn’t stop there. When we came back from Dorcas the women from California planed a spa night. So, I enjoyed a foot massage and a facial that night; thanks to Kathleen the “Product Queen.” I have never laughed so hard in my life. Thank you to all the California Girls (Kathleen, Christine, Kristen, Anna, Karen, Jackie and Sandy)!
I also had the opportunity to help part of the California team put on a spa day to pamper many of the hard-working women of Bringing Hope to the Family. For many it was the first time to experience anything like it. The next day, I had a few of the local girls ask me to teach them how to give massages. I promised them I would.
It has been a wonderful this week serving with the California team; I’ll miss their laughter, excitement and love for the people.
I’m sorry I don’t have any pictures right now I’ll post them when I get them.
Talk to you again soon.
Love,
Joyce
La Gringa
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