Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Uganda: July 6, 2014

I am writing this as I am leaving Soroti heading to Entebbe once again. This past week has been a whirlwind. As I said in the previous post, I have been tutoring some little ones in letters and sounds recognition. On Wednesday, John Peter, a little boy who, when he came to the orphanage, could not speak English or the local dialect, read for the first time in class after our morning tutoring session. That morning, it seems that the information I was teaching him finally clicked. Kerri started crying when he read his first words. You should have seen his wide eyes and big grin! Priceless.

On Friday (July 4) we decided to cancel school and have a field day full of games. The kids were surprised in the morning when they were told to gather for an impromptu assembly, and they were so excited when Mr. Pittman announced that there would be no more school until after lunch. We set up races, an obstacle course, a jump rope competition, a ring toss, etc. That evening we grilled steaks and had brownies and ice cream! Yummy! Fourth of July in Africa is possible! Haha!

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