Ko Pango!
Well we have made it back here to the cafe again to post. We are both over the parasite, but it came through much discomfort. I (Jesse) have eaten nothing but peanut butter and Pringles chips for the last two and a half days and I was sick all day yesterday so I did not leave the house. We have learned to be careful with buying water too. We have just figured out they spray all the outsides of the water bottles with pesticides, to keep the spiders and roaches away in storage, but if you put your lips on the bottles or caps, you get a rash and really sick. We also found out you have to check the bottoms of the bottles before you buy them because they sometimes they inject city water into the bottoms of the bottles, melt them back, and put them back on the shelves for purchasing as a way to save money. So that may have contributed to our sickness as well.
The bathrooms in the villages have swarms, and swarms and swarms of green and black flies that come at your face in the thousands so when you are sick... it is the most miserable thing in the world to use them. So... I spent my day at the house helping to make our new R.e.n.u.h. (Renew) house (this is a hospital aid house that we are living in that was just purchased on Monday) actually livable. I added mosquito nets to all the top bunks, and added a layer of bamboo to the house fence. The house actually has a shower, but it was broken so a friend and I fixed it so it at least works when the city water is working... ( every once and a while.) We have had electricity for two days now too! So that has been sweet. While I was sick I was doing this on Thursday, Sarah, Kari, Jason, and Ashley went into the bush. Deep into the bush actually. They took a half hour boata (motor bike taxi) ride, through creeks and through parts of the bush with no trail. They took this all the way into the middle of no where into the mens village where they taught the men how to create the refrigerator pots. It was very successful! Sarah and Jason finished the kiln that Jason and I started to make on Wednesday, so now the women can start to fire their refridgerator pots. The pots are much heavier than we thought they would be. And Mary and Irene (our two woman students) would have to carry them around 2 miles into town, so Jason and I are going to build them a cart tomorrow to make things easier.
Well thats about it for now,
Wynen!
~Jesse and Sarah
Well we have made it back here to the cafe again to post. We are both over the parasite, but it came through much discomfort. I (Jesse) have eaten nothing but peanut butter and Pringles chips for the last two and a half days and I was sick all day yesterday so I did not leave the house. We have learned to be careful with buying water too. We have just figured out they spray all the outsides of the water bottles with pesticides, to keep the spiders and roaches away in storage, but if you put your lips on the bottles or caps, you get a rash and really sick. We also found out you have to check the bottoms of the bottles before you buy them because they sometimes they inject city water into the bottoms of the bottles, melt them back, and put them back on the shelves for purchasing as a way to save money. So that may have contributed to our sickness as well.
The bathrooms in the villages have swarms, and swarms and swarms of green and black flies that come at your face in the thousands so when you are sick... it is the most miserable thing in the world to use them. So... I spent my day at the house helping to make our new R.e.n.u.h. (Renew) house (this is a hospital aid house that we are living in that was just purchased on Monday) actually livable. I added mosquito nets to all the top bunks, and added a layer of bamboo to the house fence. The house actually has a shower, but it was broken so a friend and I fixed it so it at least works when the city water is working... ( every once and a while.) We have had electricity for two days now too! So that has been sweet. While I was sick I was doing this on Thursday, Sarah, Kari, Jason, and Ashley went into the bush. Deep into the bush actually. They took a half hour boata (motor bike taxi) ride, through creeks and through parts of the bush with no trail. They took this all the way into the middle of no where into the mens village where they taught the men how to create the refrigerator pots. It was very successful! Sarah and Jason finished the kiln that Jason and I started to make on Wednesday, so now the women can start to fire their refridgerator pots. The pots are much heavier than we thought they would be. And Mary and Irene (our two woman students) would have to carry them around 2 miles into town, so Jason and I are going to build them a cart tomorrow to make things easier.
Well thats about it for now,
Wynen!
~Jesse and Sarah
2 comments:
Hey! Sorry to hear you guys got sick but I am glad you are better now. It is so awesome to hear about what you guys are doing! It's cool that you are making such an impact on the lives of the African people! I love you guys! Can't wait to see the pictures of what it was like...I can only imagine. I will keep you in my prayers!
Love, Erica
hey, guys! sounds like you're having a really good experience in Uganda! I can't wait until I go to Rwanda this fall. here's some quick advice about the food thing....the only way you're not going to keep getting sick from the food is if you keep eating it. if you don't keep eating the food, your bodies will never get used to it. plus, you'll start not to feel well from not eating enough on top of everything else! i can't wait to see pictures when you get back! saroo, any trips to MN planned???????? i miss you!!!!!
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