Primary tour

Yesterday we brought our children to Kampala for a tour (field trip). It was really interesting and educational. We took two coasters and each row had about 12 children sitting in it where there are only 5 seats so many children were carrying other children. In my row we had 12-14 people and I had one child sitting on my lap the whole time we were moving. The children were surprised by many things and it made me realize even more how little these children are exposed to places and things. As we were moving to Kampala they saw an aeroplane and were so excited that they were standing up in the coaster to see it better. I was thinking, “haven’t these children seen an aeroplane before?” and half way through the thought realized that most of them probably haven’t seen one so close before.

We left the school at 4:30 AM and travelled to Kampala. We reached around 8 AM and first visited the Kasubi tombs, the place where the Buganda kings are buried. We spent some good time there learning about the place and the kings that are buried there. We then gave them their breakfast around 10:30 AM of juice and a bun/roll as we prepared to move to the next place. We then visited the Uganda martyrs’ memorial. It is a now a Catholic church and we learned the history to the martyrs and why they are remembered every year on the 3rd June. We then visited the national stadium and the football players were able to play for about 15 minutes on the field. The last place we visited was Didi’s World which is an amusement park. We feed them lunch/dinner of rice and juice around 6 PM. They went back to the school after that and got home around 11 PM.

I’m so glad that I was able to move with them and also see these places. I learned a lot myself about the places we visited and also got to know our pupils better. I will be moving with the secondary next week when they also go for their educational tour to Jinja. I’m looking forward to getting to know some of our secondary students better and learn even more about Uganda.

We had our final football and netball competitions on the 10th July. All of the houses did very well and we have seen a lot of talent within our pupils. A local football coach, who was our referee for the day, has offered to come and help train our pupils to further develop their talents in the field. Secondary began their competitions on Monday and I am also on their committee. They are doing it inter-class instead of inter-house because of difficulties with the students changing houses. They are very competitive and I’m looking forward to enjoying their competitions also.

I’m counting down the days until my mother and brother, Andrew, come to visit me. I’m down to two weeks. The pupils and students are also waiting to welcome them. Thanks to all of you who are praying for me and the school and those who are supporting us financially. I pray that all of you are doing well. God’s blessing and prayers until I write again.