Hey, this is Zach.
Alright so the last few days in Africa have been long, tiring and paintfilled but none the less a blast. We just finished up painting the classrooms with Soft Power in Bubugo and are now chilling at the NRE hostel just outside of Jinja. Working at Bubugo was challenging but incredibly rewarding and fun. In the mornings we split up into two crews. The first (Britt, Kaan, Lizzy, Kathryn, and myself) took our Kiswahili classes from Roy while the second crew (Zik, Dan, Ian, Kirsten and Devon) started the painting then we filp flopped around tea time. We usually finished up working around six while Peter, our ugandan chef, made us delicious Ugandan meals. As the sun started to go down we spent our time teaching the kids how to throw frisbees, American Footballs and some new tunes while getting schooled in games of soccer and falling in love with some of the local kids. It was a great and rewarding week and it was sad to leave the Village but it’s exciting to move on to the next stage of our adventure. We spent yesterday finishing up last minute touch ups on the school and then drove back to the NRE hostel to relax and finally SHOWER, which improved group moral greatly. Then we went into Jinja for a few hours to look for cloths, snacks and get money from ATMs. Then, after night fall, we went our and had a pre-celebration from Britts birthday. We went out to this great restraunt just a short walk from the hostel. We had incredible food and conversations. Then after our bellies were full we went out dancing to work it off. It was a great night and a great way to celebrate finishing the school and Britt’s big day. Next we’re off to a coffee Co-Op in Mbale. We’re all having an amazing time.
-Zach
