Christmas is on its way here in Uganda and yet blissful little sign of this can be found. There is no Christmas advertising, only a sprinkling of miserable looking plastic Christmas trees, a smattering of carols on the radio and the temperature remains in the 30's. Time then, for the SALVE Christmas party!
With all the children home for the holidays before going off to see family or to the Teen Missions camp, the annual celebration was held yesterday at the home. Mike spent time talking with all the children and reviewing the year. Special mention was made of both Teddy and Tiff who did especially well at school this year and also of Junior who has triumphed in his P1 exams and will be moving up to P2 in February. Meanwhile, Robinah and Assy were busy cooking up a storm. Not traditional fare of mince pies and sausage rolls but instead spiced rice, beef stew, roast potatoes, cabbage and chapati were served up in huge portions.
This was followed by some more traditional party games- a bit of musical bumps (which 1 year old Caren found hilarious but hard to understand) and musical statues. By far the greatest hit though, was a game involving silly clothes, dice and cutting up chocolate with a knife and fork. Even the big children got involved in this one and were shrieking with laughter at each other trying to throw on a spotted jacket, T shirt, cloves and a hat and then eat Cadbury's Dairy Milk with a knife and fork. I think its safe to say that a good time was had by all. Tomorrow, the house will become a little quieter again as the older children go off to Teen Missions and Dinah and Teddy go to visit their families.
In other news, the bead project is progressing well and the ladies are learning new types of beads and styles of necklace to produce a greater variety of jewelry. Things are in the pipeline for the online shop too which is great.
Imogen and I have only 3 weeks left in Uganda now which is incredible. As always, time has passed too quickly. We're looking forward to the weekend as some of Uganda's biggest music stars are coming to town for a street party. Hurrah!
Hope preparations for Christmas are going well for all at home.
Love,
Emma and Imogen
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