Visiting Homes

Over the weekend we went to visit both the Fred's mothers homes. Little did we know that Mr. Fred's mom invited some members of her parish including the pastor and the choir. We were welcomed into her home with open arms. She lives outside of Masaka, a city about an hour away from where the school is in Kyotera. After a filling lunch we went out back where there was a large tent set up in our honor with a few rows of seats occupied by several Ugandans. Our seats were in one row facing the crowd.

After a brief introduction of who we were there was a homily prepared for us by the pastor of the local parish that was full of energy and excitement. After the homily the choir sang two songs for us. They were very good even though I couldn't understand the lyrics since it was in their native language, but it was a great experience. We couldn't stay for long because we had to get on the road before the sun went down and we still had to stop at the house where Young Fred grew up.

When we met the mother of Young Fred it was instantly clear where he gets his traits from. His mom was so excited and happy to see is and she spoke a mile a minute just like Young Fred. We only stayed at her house for a few minutes to say hello and then we were on our way.

It was great experiencing a Ugandan gathering first hand at someone's home. In our short time here we have encountered several different authentic events to Uganda, but this was definitely one of my favorites as you could really feel what the people are all about.

I haven't had much time to write lately, we've been really busy this week meeting with new loan applicants. I will try and add more on the blog later tonight.