Weekend

I was woken to a bright sun light and warm weather. Ohh heat, how I have missed it! Then I headed to have an amazing breakfast with fresh fruits and juices. Thereafter we all headed to church. The sermon was interesting but it was way too long. He just talked and talked. Should have told him that the brain only has a certain amount of storage space and beyond a limit you just stop listening. Furthermore at times he really screamed. It might have been a waking call, just in case anybody fell asleep, which some people did. But In all fairness the overall message the pastor tried to convey was nice.  When we left church we were stuck in one of Uganda’s amazing car traffic lines, nothing moves and there is no reason for why.  You just simply have to force yourself on the road again. In the evening we headed to the botanical garden in Entebbe, where the first Tarzan movie was filmed. The trees were amazing and massive.  We just got lost in them and of course could not help myself but had to hang from a liana just like Tarzan does. However I was quite bad at it. Then we saw some kids who had taken a giant palm branch and headed down a hill in such a speed. We asked if we could try, so Elin, Robin and I gave it a try. It was a lot of fun. Kids can really be creative and have fun with anything they find. However I suppose the part the kids laughed at the most was us making a worst attempt than theirs of sliding down the hill. It is settled, when I have kids I am not going to spoil them with technological and high gadget stuff but hand them a branch and say, be a kid, be creative and imaginative!    

Weekend is soon over and the internet connection is back. The ADRA work begins on Monday. What a relaxed nice weekend it has been. Now sitting by the pool and having a fresh passion juice. However I am looking forward to Monday and being on the field. Thore asked me if my insurance coverage also includes an emergency flight ride home in case something would occur. Apparently they also work in remote areas with heavily affected people and almost no one goes to those areas, not even the registered NGOs, so you never know what can happen there. Do not know what to expect but I gladly take upon the offer to join and see what actually goes on there. Will be interesting to see how the development work is being performed and also how it is being perceived by the locals.