It's that time again...

It's the end of the two month long "dry season" holidays--meaning that I am going back to the village (aka Nabwigulu) today!

  The weather in Uganda these days is hotter than I have ever experienced.It is actually the height of the dry season right now. Things are becoming brown, you can't walk outside without swirls of red dust rising up around you, and even all of my belongings inside the house tend to have a permanent layer of dust on them!

I was just thinking that I was not looking too forward to the long bike ride into the village, and it made me think about the challenges I had in Winnipeg in getting to Assiniboine!

Coming from River Heights to Assiniboine, my bus used to drop me off at Polo Park, and I would walk from there--not a big deal, most of the time. Sometimes however, in -40 weather with blowing snow!

I don't know which one I prefer--do any of you have a preference? Crazy heat or crazy snow?!

Anyway, enough of that, I am so excited to go and see all of the teachers and children. The beginning of a new school year is so exciting and there is a lot of energy in the air! Oh, and I cannot WAIT to show everyone the pictures that you have sent!

Letters and Art

Hello Mme Amanda and our Nabwigulu Friends,

Thank-you so much for taking the time to writing and sending us letters! We are very happy to tell you that they are here and we are now sharing them with the classrooms in our school. We are all really enjoying learning about your lives in Uganda and are noticing the many differences and similarities between our two schools. (such as our climates and the chores you do compared to the chores our students do.)

Here are some photos of the art and letters both our schools have done. We thought it would be neat to post them to the blog for everyone to see!

We hope you are enjoying your summer holidays. It is very, very COLD here in Canada right now. But, even though it is cold outside, we are warm inside and happy to be continuing to learn about our Friends in Uganda!

And into the New Year!

Well, the holidays have come and gone from Nabwigulu--and unlike in Canada, we are not back at school, because we are still enjoying our "summer" holidays!

Before break, I tried to explain to the grade 4 class the concept of "summer" and "winter". In Uganda, there are just two seasons--rainy season and dry season. There isn't even a word for snow in Lusoga! Trying to explain that in Canada, it gets so cold that rain turns white and fluffy when it falls is hard! I am so excited to get back from holidays and show everyone your pictures!