This morning I went to my host dad’s service at the church on our compound right next to my house. I had originally planned to go to the English service at 8am, but changed my mind and went to the Luganda service with my host mom at around 10. I was really interested to see what it would be like because I have never been to an Anglican service before. It was certainly very different than Catholic mass in America. First of all, it was three hours long. It was all in Luganda, so my host mom whispered to me what was going on at various points and told me when to stand, sit, and kneel. Since we are the Reverend’s family, we sit in a special place in the front in a pew sort of perpendicular to the altar. The reverend introduced me to everyone during the service, calling me his daughter. The service was composed of various energetic hymns, bible readings, sermons, recognition ceremonies, a sort of fundraiser, and other things. It was very hot in the church, and my host mother continuously told me that I could leave at any point if I was bored/tired/hot, but I decided to stay for the whole service. When I got back, I ate a delicious lunch and played with my sisters. It’s quite funny because whenever I sit on our back porch, all of the people in the other houses around the compound just stand and stare at me. It’s quite a common occurrence wherever I go, so I’m quite used to it by now.


Later on, I took a taxi with one of my older sisters to another relative’s house down the road that is hosting one of my classmates. We hung out for a little while (and I stealthily used the flushing toilet in their house), then drove to the SIT classroom building so we could time how long it would take to drive there tomorrow morning. After this, we went to the mall in Kampala. It was very nice, and at this place I saw more white people (mzungus) than I have ever seen in Uganda.


I’m about to go to sleep right now, and in the morning my host dad will drive me to the SIT building for my first day of school. Nervous, but can’t wait!

til next time