Day 19

June 16th, 2008

So, the internet is finally installed in the home. It’s broadband and it feels like it’s running at 26k, but I’m so grateful for it and to be able to update is just, well, a blessing.

Lets see.. to start off, I just received a drawing of a small pink goat and I assigned self-portraits for the older kids to draw in mirrors. One of my first lessons was portraiture so they are incredible at drawing faces. We drew a disposable camera today, under the request of Norah, the girl I work with the most. After we were through drawing it, Ssebanatika turned it over and over in his hands as if it was the most precious thing he had ever held. This went on for thirty minutes, he would hold it up to his face and just pretend to take pictures, then, turning the flimsy flash button on and off. They are fascinated with photography. None of them had held a camera in their hands until Sunday, when we had photography day. This day was, wow, so stressful. I didn’t have enough cameras for each kid so they had to share and were only allowed a certain amount of exposures. They were so excited and over-zealous I had to follow them around to tell them when to stop. I’m going to try and send them each a camera of their own when I get back home and raise some money.We walked into Kampala today, it has everything big cities do. Awful smells and huge amounts of people galore. Ugh. More Lungandan shouts of Myzungu (which translates to white) followed us like shadows. I took some pictures when the children got home from school, finished the greenhouse orphanage sign and was fitted for an african dress with a horse print on it.

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