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  So greetings from Kampala...we have nearly made it through week 2 and so much has happened it's hard to believe we are only 10 days here so far. I'm writing this from an internet cafe, cause we have had some difficulty with the laptop (unfortunately) and I don't know if I'll be able to update the website anymore...ah well. I'll do it when we get home...it's such a shame 'cause it only took me 2 hours to set up the internet connection over here!!!!

Since I last wrote we have ploughed on with the painting and we are almost at the end of it all. The blue and white went on well inside and as the paint is a lot thinner over here everything needed at least 3 coats. Still we did take time every day to play with the kids and while I know that we'll be meeting a whole new bunch of children next week for the sports camp I think the ones at Kosovo will always be in our hearts. As we leave every day they say...'Take us with you to Ireland'.... so suffice it to say that a number of us are seriously considering sponsoring a child over here (E 16 / month) and that covers school fees, packed lunch, uniform, sports gear, transport to and fro from school if needed and a gift for the child at Christmas ...last year it was a matress....good value eh?

On Sunday we were invited to the school for the official opening service ( it doubles as a church on Sunday) and it took a lot of getting used to!!!.....3 hours later it was still the service and we hadn't even got to the official opening at that stage, but it was very interesting and lively and full of colour and I can think of worse ways to spend a few hours on a sunday morning! We were given Ugandan food for dinner, but it was a bit stodgy for us...the staple here is a paste made from green bananas.

We were supposed to go and see some African dancing in the evening but everyone was wrecked, so we'll go another time.

On Monday we had a day off and headed up country to Jinja....the source of the Nile. We went out a ferry boat to see the point where the water of the Nile springs up and then we headed to the waterfalls....everything was beautiful. Uganda is such a beautiful green country, as we drove to Jinja we passed tea plantations, and sugar cane fields and everyone on the side of the road selling pineapples and mangos and jackfruit (which I still have to try). and the woman wear the most colourful outfits.

Anyway it was a wonderful day and of course the next day we were back to painting....still we've found a swimming pool close by and we tend to go there after the work at about 5 to cool down.....life's not too bad really

Lynne

PS: we're still missing one bag, but at least it's not all the footballs		  

the ladies! - 
Annette and Rachel

 


Maureen and friends

 


sarah B. bungee-ing

 


the team on our last day painting

aran bungee-ing

 


the finished school!!

Rowena bungee-ing

 


Alex's hands!!!!
 
Amy bungee-ing