Village transport

There are some days when you go to sleep and recap the day you realize only in Africa. 

I woke up on Saturday morning to the sound of chickens, turkeys, dogs, a foreign language, and no electricity. Let me remind you we do live in the city not on a farm. Power goes out here on a regular basis. We praise God for the nights that we can have power for long enough to eat dinner. 

Sarah has been sick for the past few days. She has been getting hot flashes and an upset stomach. Gina our roommate, sent Sarah and Amanda to the hospital to get checked for worms or a bacterial infection. This would be the first time to send my wife off to get checked for worms. 

I left with Gina and Joel to go see his village and his family. Joel is 15 and a really good kid. His manners are a work in progress but he has a happy heart. To get to his village it was a Boda Boda, then a taxi van ride with 15 others for almost 2 hours. Once we got to where I thought we where going we had to ride a boda on dirt roads for another 20 minutes. 

Joels family and neighbors where very friendly. I do not think there have been any mazungu's (white people) back to his village. They laughed every time I spoke in Lugandan. His family was beyond grateful for Amanda taking in Joel and providing school for him.

 When traveling to a village from the city it is customary to bring a gift like bread and sugar, two items that are hard to come by.

Transporting the chicken

In return they gave us a large jack fruit, 15lb of matoke, 5lb of beans, 5 papayas and a live Chicken.
This was graciously given with no desire of getting anything in return. In Luke 14:13-14 it says
¹³ Instead, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. ¹⁴ Then at the resurrection of the righteous, God will reward you for inviting those who could not repay you.” 

This was people in need giving to those in need. It did not matter if we where in need or not they would have openly given. This abundance of food went to a home of street boys that are enjoying a wonderful chicken dinner as I type.

Ps. Sarah is ok it is just a bacterial infection and she just has to take three days of pills.