Sunday in Kitgum

I couldn't sleep last night. You know when you wake up in the middle of the night, and for some reason you just feel scared? Well the shadows of the curtains blowing in the wind were freaking me out and I was up half the night. At one point I was convinced that something was in the room. I am quite proud of my courage because I slowly reached for my flashlight and then whipped it out and flashed it around the room. Nothing was there. Didn't help me sleep...

We got up and had rice and beans for breakfast. (sensing a trend yet?) We joined the rest of the compound in a large rectangular gazebo for church. I love watching the Ugandans get really into the worship music. They were clapping and dancing around to songs I couldn't understand, but still appreciated. The sermon was about two hours long. It was good but I had a hard time staying awake with the heat, and the pauses for the translator to catch everyone up. The pastor is new to Kitgum. He is from Oregon, but has lived in Uganda for more than six years with his wife. They are both very young, but they have ten kids (8 adopted). We talked to them after the service and they invited us over for lunch next Saturday. The wife, Summer, is going to bring us to the orphanage in town to help out.

Cassie and I have been watching episodes of this great show called "Big Bang Theory". It's a great show. We ate rice, chipote, fried chicken and beans for lunch. I hand-washed all of my clothes which was pretty fun. Now I am in the office checking my emails. I snuck away so that I wouldn't have to be stressed for time, and have to share the internet cord. Now we are going to town with Concy and Betty.