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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Catering in Uganda
So, God has extra-ordinary ways of taking the experiences, knowledge, and lessons of the past and using them to intensify (not the word i really wanted) the present. I spent six years working for First Baptist kitchen, catering various occasions, and just Saturday I helped with catering a wedding reception. Thank you Suzette :)
Okay, so, yes, it was rather different....but in more ways than I expected it was the same: start before 7 am, cutting, sweating over pots, peeling, running to get and give, cutting, transporting, setting up, waiting, serving quickly, collecting plates, scraping plates, and going back in the dark. If you have never one this sort of thing this whole post probably makes little sense....sorry....
Oh, and my three brothers and I went to the volleyball courts the other day (I watched them play with a friend). The basketball team was just finishing practice. One of the guys saw me and asked what I was doing sitting alone. i told him I was waiting for my brothers.....he was rather surprised...hehe...he then asked, "From a different Mum?" and I laughed and said, "yes." Btw, polygamy still happens a bit often here. just random things from thing weekend......
Okay, so, yes, it was rather different....but in more ways than I expected it was the same: start before 7 am, cutting, sweating over pots, peeling, running to get and give, cutting, transporting, setting up, waiting, serving quickly, collecting plates, scraping plates, and going back in the dark. If you have never one this sort of thing this whole post probably makes little sense....sorry....
Oh, and my three brothers and I went to the volleyball courts the other day (I watched them play with a friend). The basketball team was just finishing practice. One of the guys saw me and asked what I was doing sitting alone. i told him I was waiting for my brothers.....he was rather surprised...hehe...he then asked, "From a different Mum?" and I laughed and said, "yes." Btw, polygamy still happens a bit often here. just random things from thing weekend......
Friday, March 6, 2009
Finally....
Yes, internet in some countries is difficult to deal with when you are an American used to having things just so. Oh well, not three post for February is okay, right?
Anyhow...the picture will not accompany this post, but I'll just tell a little of the family I spent a week with in Kapchorwa region. Rev. Moses and Justine Selimo have three children:the older two, Edger and Femia, were gone at boarding school, so I had the company of Issabell, who is seven. Rev. Moses is a parish priest in the Church of Uganda (Anglican extension). Justine is a special education teacher in a local primary school. Both are hard workers, but what struck me most was the way they shared domestic duties. Because Justine was gone so much of everyday, Rev. Moses prepared lunch, but she always prepared supper. He took care of the two cows and six (later five, yes I saw it slaughtered) goats everyday except Sunday when he had to leave early for church, then Justine did. Two young men tended his acre large garden for him, but harvesting matooke (ask me about it sometime and I'll give details) was a job or whomever was cooking and needed some. One evening, Justine was particularly tired and some clothes needed ironing, so Rev. Moses did it. Using an ironing box that has charcoal in it is tricky business, by the way, and washing clothes by hand with just cold water and soap will make your knuckles raw and carrying a 20L jerry can up from the well gives your neck and back muscles a major workout and walking everywhere lends to the most exhilarating feeling when you reach your destination. Now the wet season in Mukono, to go up to Kapchorwa during their dry season was interesting: deep dust and humidity levels so low that the morning wind was actually cold. I said up to Kapchorwa because it is in the mountains of eastern Uganda. It looked strangely like some parts of the southern Appalachians. If you are curious, google Sipi Falls, the furtherest is not more than 10K from the Selimo compound. (isn't it odd that 'google' is now a verb?) The second weekend in the area, all the USP students went to a resort Sipi Falls and had the option to hike to the three falls. Yes, I did and enjoyed myself immensely....and went in a long skirt. :)
Okay, so I just got distracted, lost my train of thought, and realized this post was long enough.....in other words, I'm stopping. Will tell more in my monthly update and upon response to questions later. hehe ^_^
Anyhow...the picture will not accompany this post, but I'll just tell a little of the family I spent a week with in Kapchorwa region. Rev. Moses and Justine Selimo have three children:the older two, Edger and Femia, were gone at boarding school, so I had the company of Issabell, who is seven. Rev. Moses is a parish priest in the Church of Uganda (Anglican extension). Justine is a special education teacher in a local primary school. Both are hard workers, but what struck me most was the way they shared domestic duties. Because Justine was gone so much of everyday, Rev. Moses prepared lunch, but she always prepared supper. He took care of the two cows and six (later five, yes I saw it slaughtered) goats everyday except Sunday when he had to leave early for church, then Justine did. Two young men tended his acre large garden for him, but harvesting matooke (ask me about it sometime and I'll give details) was a job or whomever was cooking and needed some. One evening, Justine was particularly tired and some clothes needed ironing, so Rev. Moses did it. Using an ironing box that has charcoal in it is tricky business, by the way, and washing clothes by hand with just cold water and soap will make your knuckles raw and carrying a 20L jerry can up from the well gives your neck and back muscles a major workout and walking everywhere lends to the most exhilarating feeling when you reach your destination. Now the wet season in Mukono, to go up to Kapchorwa during their dry season was interesting: deep dust and humidity levels so low that the morning wind was actually cold. I said up to Kapchorwa because it is in the mountains of eastern Uganda. It looked strangely like some parts of the southern Appalachians. If you are curious, google Sipi Falls, the furtherest is not more than 10K from the Selimo compound. (isn't it odd that 'google' is now a verb?) The second weekend in the area, all the USP students went to a resort Sipi Falls and had the option to hike to the three falls. Yes, I did and enjoyed myself immensely....and went in a long skirt. :)
Okay, so I just got distracted, lost my train of thought, and realized this post was long enough.....in other words, I'm stopping. Will tell more in my monthly update and upon response to questions later. hehe ^_^
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