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| Packing to leave for Hoima. We fit everything in that taxi. |
June 18, 2014
Well,
after one flat tire, two traffic stops (don’t ask
how fast we were going – let us just say in most American states it
would be
classified under reckless driving), and an empty fuel tank, we
arrived in Hoima! Hoima is located in Western Uganda, north of Fort
Portal. We are doing 25 days with a homestay family. I am staying
with a woman named Margaret and three teenagers who she actually took
under her
wing as an adoptive parent which is very common here in Uganda. You
don’t leave
a family member behind. Two of them are children from the community and
one
is the son of her sister’s daughter. As Margaret said “It is a long
story.” I tried to follow who comes from where but then again I’m not
sure if she has four of
five children of her own she keeps adding them on when she tells stories
and I am really bad with names so I have no idea! Lets just say
everyone is family and to
make it easy on people they just say everyone is a brother or sister. A
massive
rain storm is making its way over my house which is a large home with
four
bedrooms, indoor kitchen, a toilet (minus toilet seat, no one here seems
to have toilet seats - my thighs are getting a great workout) and
shower. She also
raises pigs and has a couple chickens and a cute little puppy they named
“Puppy” to chase the monkeys away which live in the backyard. Which is
really funny because he/she is only about a month old so it would be the
monkeys chasing him/her away. More to come
soon!
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| Countryside on the way to Hoima |
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