I’m starting to find myself in a routine. This past week was harder than usual, just because I can feel myself getting stressed, which causes some homesickness. The only eventful things happened this past weekend. I went to
On Sunday, I helped out with a school ministry, sort of like Sunday school at a boarding school. I went with two other girls and we preached on trusting God. I felt bad because I was not prepared as I was sick the day before. I think it went well though. In the afternoon, we went to a graduation party. There were like 150-200 people there. It almost reminded me of My Big Fat Greek Wedding. We all sat under a tent and ate insane amounts of food. There were speeches, too. Unfortunately, the ceremony was in Luganda (the language of this area) so I had no idea what they were saying for 4 hours. It was still fun though. I got community engagement hours (I need 30 hours for my class) from both of those, so that’s a relief. I had a great weekend overall.
This week is going to be a tough one. I have 3-4 papers due by the end of next week. My rural homestay starts next Friday and that means no class for 10 days but there is still going to be homework. This weekend, I am going to see a tribal circumcision in Mbali. It will most likely be a circumcision of a male between the ages of 15 and 25. I do not know much about it because I am not in the African Traditional Religions class but some of us are going optionally. It seems odd that 30 Americans would be able to go to a tribal circumcision but I guess we’ll figure out how that works later.
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