it seems that Mondays are unforgettable

So far we've been in Uganda for 3 Mondays. The first one we arrived and loaded somewhere around 50 pieces of luggage onto a truck at almost midnight. On the second one, we bought a car and had a wheel fly off before we even had lunch. This Monday was also a fun day; definitely not a let down. This is mostly pictures and even a video at the end. I happened to have the camera on at an intense moment! Enjoy!

We headed out to the property in our own vehicle and I took a few pics for you.

We start out in town.

We continue on the paved road for a while with just a beautiful view of nature.

We go through 2 round-a-bouts, which are common in Uganda.

And finally arrive in Kapeeka, which is the nearest community to our new home.

Just as we leave Kapeeka, the paved road ends and we come to our first dirt road. 

There becomes less and less on the road side.

And at each turn, the road becomes more narrow (and more dirt, if that's possible). :)

Today, we had a little surprise when we got to the last dirt road. Pastor Johnson had been told for a long time that they were going to improve the road (by adding a better dirt to it) but it never happened. Well, today we turned onto the road to find them in the process of improving the road.

These piles of dirt were dropped about every 10 feet all the way to the property. Apparently, the plan was to drop these piles of dirt and then go back to spread them out. I can't say that I completely understand it, but this type of dirt is better for roads. The brief description that I got is that it has some type of rock in it that lessen the problem of it washing away. It holds up better in the rain.
Fortunatley, Bertha the Beast took these giant mounds of dirt with ease. It is hard to tell in the picture, but these piles were 2-4 feet high. The sides of the road are deep, narrow ditches with high ground right next to them. Needless to say, it was a fun ride, but this was only the beginning of today's fun!

When we arrived at the property, we got to meet many of the students who will attend the school. Some were just getting registered and others had already found there classrooms, where they were getting introduced and meeting classmates. We were greeted with lots of squeals and smiles. It was very exciting.

These young smiling faces will be some of our P1 and P2 students. This was the biggest group and they were very excited!

The picture on the left is some of the parents and children who were registering to attend the school.

We were there for several hours today and the kids had a great time. It didn't take any time at all for the children to feel welcome at our house. Some of the kids who will attend the school were there, but also many kids from the local area came across us.

At first there were just a few kids. They were the brave ones that followed us from the school. One boy heard us speaking Luganda and he said to his friends, "these ones speak Luganda." Of course, I didn't understand him but Pastor Tony (the pastor of Victory Living Word Kapeeka) translated for me. We told the boy we speak just a little Luganda. Of course, when we did say something they would giggle and repeat everything we said.

Raegan got creative with a piece of rock on the concrete. She'd ask a word and the kids would tell her the translation. She wrote them down and I took pictures to help us remember.

As more kids saw us talking to the ones on our porch, they would come up to join us. It turned in to quite the little gathering.

These boys caught me taking a picture, so they came to check it out. I turned the camera around and we snapped a photo. 

This was the youngest on our porch. :)

With all the construction and road work going on, our porch was the only smooth ground. By late afternoon, we literally had races going around our porch. Then of course, it became a sort of hide and seek on the porch. We had a great time! Eventually we had to say farewell and head back to the hotel for today.

Just as we got to the property entrance, things got interesting. Remember those mounds of red dirt?
Well, there were 3 trucks that had gotten stuck in the midst of these dirt piles. After some time of watching the chaos of trying to get these trucks out of this predicament, I decided to turn on the camera. We really had no idea what would happen next, but see for yourself.

(no idea why my voice sounds so odd, I guess it was just the excitement of the moment and the constant need to enunciate in my new environment)