Kakuuto Advanced School Motto

Kimberly — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:47:26 +0000

“to enthral [sic] the children in order to read and write well, speak both English and the mother tongue fluently, to become entrepreneurs and epitome in the world.”

I’d like to know how one becomes “epitome in the world.” And is that even a desirable thing?

Birthday Bonanza

Kimberly — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:36:35 +0000

So, I’m a bit behind on blogging, but today I wanted to share some photos from my birthday party on March 13.

Several of my Uganda friends got together and organized a party for me—complete with gifts, cake, decorations, a delicious lunch, even fake snow and confetti sprayed on me as I blew out the candles!

It was such a fun party and I felt so blessed and loved by my friends.

Before the party—showing off my pretty cake with Miriam

Eddie, Meg, Miriam, little Imran, Andrew, and Karol getting food from the “buffet line”

with my plate of food—delicious African-fried chicken, Irish potatoes, rice, sukuma wiki (collard greens), g-nut (peanut) sauce, pineapple—yummy scrummy!

Time to open gifts… Each gift was accompanied by a little speech from the gift giver. You just can’t have an event in Africa without several people giving speeches!

A wall hanging from Ruth—she bought this one because I have become “a real African woman.”

Many people gave me gifts of jewelry, some of them they made themselves. The necklace I’m wearing in this picture was made by my friend, Brenda, from paper beads. The one I’m holding up is from Dennis, the principal at our Bible institute.

Showing off all my jewelry—and yes, I wore it all for the rest of the party, even though I was seriously mismatched!

A beautiful piece of cloth from Julie

A fun banana fiber bag from Meg

Everyone singing “Happy Birthday” before I blow out the candles

Make a wish…

And drum roll, please…

Let’s cut the cake! Cake cutting is a serious event here, filled with much drama and excitement. The “honored guest” cuts the cake into small pieces and then serves everyone a piece. A side note: cutting cake can be difficult here because the frosting is very hard and crunchy and the cake itself is usually quite dry. Sometimes your first cut crumbles the cake into tiny pieces!

Serving Jennipher and little Rebecca a piece of cake

with my babies, Kianga Grace and Amani—Oh, how I love those girls!

The party wasn’t complete until we took photos with each person individually as well as a group photo. What great friends! I’m so thankful for all of them.

Build Something Beautiful

Kimberly — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:20:24 +0000

This is a video produced by AIM in Mbarara, Uganda (western Uganda). Absolutely beautiful; it brought me to tears. Please pray for this endeavor and for all of us here doing our best to make disciples in this place.

Build Something Beautiful from AIM On-Field Media on Vimeo.

Polluted Pumpkin

Kimberly — Fri, 20 May 2011 13:27:01 +0000

Apparently, this is what happens to a pumpkin when you keep it too long…

The worst part is the side that was facing out (i.e., the part I could see) looked perfectly fine, so I didn’t even know the pumpkin was rotting until the ants started marching in. I followed their trail and found this…

NASTY!!! Now my shelf forever has a pink stain from the mold.

What a Difference Some Paint Can Make

Kimberly — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 15:32:24 +0000

I recently had a few rooms in my house painted. Here are some pictures of the process of painting my bedroom.

Let the painting commence…

Two walls of dark chocolate brown are finished.

Then goes on the ocean blue-green. I love this color!

The finished product, complete with curtains and a new mosquito net.

I love my cozy, beautiful room! It’s so relaxing and peaceful.

What happens when Umeme gives us too MUCH electricity…

Kimberly — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:29:10 +0000

And not only that, but too much electricity also burns up many important electrical items in the house, such as inverters, sockets, hot water heaters, breaker box switches, and refrigerators. Once it even messed up the electrical system in my truck (because the vehicle was parked near power lines when they began popping and sparking). I’m just glad I haven’t had to put out any real fires in my house…

yet.

Ant Invasion

Kimberly — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:01:42 +0000

I’m beginning to think that all of Uganda is built upon one enormous, never-ending ant hill. This week, I have had armies of ants in my kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, laundry room, across the floor, in the yard–everywhere!

This picture is of a giant ant paradise embedded in the side of a hill at the school where I teach. Crazy!

Maybe I should invest in a pet anteater…

“Clothes Rack”

Kimberly — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:36:03 +0000

I bought hangers at the supermarket this evening–or so I thought. When I came home and removed the packaging from them, I discovered that I had actually purchased “excellent plastic-soaking clothes rack.” The tag also informed me that this so-called “clothes rack” can create “gentle and beautiful life.” Wow, maybe I should buy some more! One last point of interest is that apparently this company believes it has a “supermarket monopoly.” What they mean by that, I’m not exactly sure!

Just another shopping excursion here in Mbale.

Early Morning Deciphering

Kimberly — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:26:09 +0000

A note from someone at my gate at 6:45 this morning. I had to read this three or four times before I grasped what he was asking of me! Just a normal day here in Uganda…

______________________________

Hi Kimberly!

ope the morning favours. Accually the night was not so bad for me. Mudam for you where so bussy with the visitors for the weekend, I had a negotiation but there wasn’t tyme for it. Madum I’m demanded 60,000 as the fees balance for my daughter, and it has led her sat home not at school.

So mum my cry is u to get 30th March + 15th April. Such that I will be hopping by the end to April. The cry is help me for my better life.

Thanks his in Service

Apollo.

WARNING!!!

Kimberly — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:09:17 +0000

I bought a new torch (”flashlight” for all you Americans) recently. It recharges by plugging it directly into a wall socket. It’s sure been a handy little tool to own. Not only does it provide powerful light, it also gave me several belly laughs as I read the warning labels on the packaging. I’ll share a few here for your reading pleasure…

1. Please don’t shot the eyes directly, it would effect they eyesight.

2. Keep away from rain or wet.

3. Keep far away from exploders when charging, the charging time could not be more than 24 hours.

Please, by all means, don’t shot anyone’s eyes (whether directly or indirectly) and certainly stay far away from exploders. I hear they can be quite dangerous.