Updates

Hi everyone! I miss you all. I am struggling with keeping in touch and I am sorry for that. Power and internet access are a bit of an obstacle, but I must admit that I have not been making it a priority. Please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers daily!!! Thank you for your prayers and messages they mean the world to me.

I thought I should share I am having a bit of a hard time these days. It is hard to think that as I am surrounding by beauty and joy everyday, but things have just started to dig deeper into my own sins, relationship with the Lord, others, and future. I know that God is in control and trust in what He has planned and is doing.

Thank you again. I miss you all!

Love
Helen

Jinja

Last weekend we had a break from institute and headed off for a few days in Jinja. It is a town situated on Lake Victoria and the source of the Nile River. It was fun and very beautiful.

There are many spots labeled "the source" of the Nile, but this one seemed the most convincing. Although the picture does not seem very spectacular. Our guide took us out to a very ( I emphasize "very") small island and showed us this spot where the water was turning. He said that there had once been a big waterfall that water from Lake Victoria spilled over into the start of the Nile. This is actually the spot that William Speke claimed as the source.

Saturday

I thought I would share about Saturdays here. While in the States I would live for sleeping in and no schedule, Saturdays here are the hardest and busiests days of the week.

Typical Saturday:
8 am: Wake Up - Breakfast - Get Ready
9 - 11 am: Wash Clothes (by hand)
11 - 12:30: Other cleaning (pit latrine, sweeping, fetching water, etc)
1 pm - lunch
1:30pm - off to the village market (half hour walk to get there)
4pm - visit family group (play, garden, homework, etc)
6 pm - Dinner
7pm - Family Group OR Visiting with Friends

The funny thing is Saturday that I still look foward to Saturdays even with the extra work.