Today was an amazing day but it also was exhausting!
We woke up early to go to the Health Clinic and getting there was quite the experience. First we took Bodas (motorcycles, that's a whole other blog post) over to a gas station and there we got in a taxi. If you thought the taxis in NY were bad you have no idea. These taxis are 16 passenger vans but do they just put 16 people in them? HEAVENS NO! They stuff at least 22 people in at once. At one point some Ugandan man was basically sitting on my lap. It was ridiculous. I wish a picture could have captured the madness. But it was far too cramped to even get out my camera. It was an hour ride in those crazy taxis.
The Clinic serves a bunch of little mountain towns and so to get to the clinic you have to hike for about an hour. It was so hard. My legs were already wicked sore from running yesterday and just traveling and whatnot that it was really tough. And it was basically an hour hike all up a very steep hill. The views were absolutely gorgeous. I wish that the cameras could have captured the beauty of the lush rolling hills dotted with villages. It was incredible.
We finally get to the Clinic and there is a school right next to it and all the kids came and greeted us. "Hello, how are you?" They were adorable. So kind and so polite. Love those kids.
The Clinic is atop this mountain with absolutely gorgeous views all around. The people that work there are so so so kind and grateful for us to be there. They kept saying "God bless you," "Welcome to Uganda, you are most welcome," "This is now your home too" Such amazing people. They gave us a great tour and the clinic is small but amazing. So much good being done here! We helped make visual aids about basic health care things.
One of the workers that lives close by made us lunch and it was delicious. It was Motokae (smashed plantains) and Posho (basically flour and water) with some beans and cabbage to put over top of it and we ate with our hands and it was wonderful. So delicious.
After that a little cute boy held my hand to walk me up the hill back to the clinic. So adorable.
After that we watched some of our team members teach the workers in the clinic CPR and how to take vitals. It was so fun to watch them as they learned. They were so eager and willing to learn. It was great.
After that we started to head back and instead if walking down we got a boda and it was so terrifying. Down steep hills and over little wooden bridges. Luckily we had a great driver. Then another crazy taxi ride and we finally got home.
I was so stinkin dirty and gross but only had enough time to rinse off before we went to a couple missionaries home for dinner! They live like right around the corner from us and they are adorable and their food they fed us was delicious. He gave us all sorts of advice from reading the Book of Mormon to marriage to saving money. Thank you kind sir.
Overall today was a great day. Totally tired but totally loving this beautiful country. It truly is the gem if Africa.
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