Stevi Lynn

I think on Monday was when it really began to sink in that we are here and we are here for a reason. It started to make me think about these people that live here and how they see us. We went for a walk around walukuba and another village right by. It was really nice see the house where some of the women live and meet more people. They are all very welcoming.
Along our way we found some sugarcane that was soo good for like the first 5 bites then it just became to sweet and sticky. Not fun. As we walked on with our sugar we gathered kids along the way. That was nice. We started with a few and by the time we got to the top of this hill (which was very beautiful you could see all these shacks, little huts, churches and the river.) We seemed to have like hundreds ….no thousands of kids around us. It did not help that there is a school right where we walked. The kids love to see themselves on camera, and they love you to take pictures of them. Its kinda like wow ok…..its a weird feeling. By the time we got back to Walukba we each had like Five kids on each arm. This one little kid was very intent on not letting any one else hold my hand. It was kinda sweet. It was a slightly over whelming feeling having so many kids around you. Everyone watches you and wants to be your friend. You do feel like a celebrity. All because you are white.
By the time we got home I was so tired all I could think about was what we could do to make this documentary as real as possible. I don’t want this to be about the harder times people have had. They offer much more than that.


Yesterday (Tuesday) went and had a meeting with some of the women of Suubi. It was more of a catch up and to see how they are doing and if they needed anything. They could ask for so much more of us. From Dave but they don’t they are very respectful. We also talked about helping them out more in everyday things like cooking cleaning and washing and they just laugh at us. They think we are too soft and can’t take care of ourselves…. It makes me feel so lazy.
After the talking we ate a lunch all this was at mama Santa’s (she is a very awesome lady) they cooked for us…we had beef and posho. The food here is really good actually, it’s simple but nice and very filling. We took our time eating and just chilled. Its nice not to have to rush to do everything and to have time just to be and not feel bad about it.
One of the volunteers is leaving so they held a dance to say goodbye we watched and then they got some of us involved. We got laughed at but they were happy to teach us and let us be apart of it.
Was very nice yes.

Wednesday-
Went to an AIDS orphanage. Was not really sure what to find there, but the kids that were there were so lovely and full of life. The only sickness that we saw was the kids with chicken pox…not a big fan of the chicken pox(no one is I’m sure) felt so sorry for them. but we played and then we had lunch with them. We helped Grace wash the dishes and clothes. She laughed at us again, but I think she was grateful and it was nice to be able to help and actually do more than just give a quick fix to something that deserves a lot more time and care.
There are so many people here that really care to make a difference. The Volunteers here in this house are wonderful people. I feel very happy to be here and get to know them and see how they question what we are doing and see how they change and grow….become apart of what we are doing…. Nothing seems to becoming out they way I want it to. I have so many thoughts at the moment that I just want to get them out….hopefully all this will make more sense than I think…..