Life on the Farm

For the last two days our team has joined with other CLD Staff and Volunteers in planting a "live fence" at the CLD farm. It sounded easy enough until we saw the project. It required slashing the growth back to hoe and plant the seedings - 5,000 of them were purchased. We were able to plant over 1,500 of them and hopeful that they will make it. No serious injuries were sustained, although Greg did manage to cut his finger enough to cover his pants and machete in blood, but we think that it was a ploy to make Lauren more attracted to him. Matt and Jared chose to not shed any blood in Uganda so far as they have no women to impress.

After working on the farm on Thursday we attended Prayer Alter at the local church which was an experience of group prayer and worship unlike anything most of the team had ever seen. Friday after the farm we stopped by the Kid's House for our second time and celebrated the birthdays of two of the volunteers. Thanks to George from Mountain Man Candy we were able to give each child their own bag of sweets.

The team was introduced to the local fare of "Rolex" which is a rolled chapati and fried egg ("rolled egg" is the etymology). It has been the dining highlight so far as lunch is peanut butter and bread and dinner is potato and either beans or some other vegetable.

The staff of CLD has been gracious in welcoming us into their lives and world here. It is encouraging to hear about how many of them have connections with TNL. In many ways the CLD house is a unique Colorado - Uganda relationship of family and friends.
We will be returning to the Kids House this weekend, attending church, hopefully meeting some friends from Colorado for dinner in Kampala, and beginning planning on the Village Outreach for next week.