Banana Village- The huts here are made up of recycled water bottles.
Looking around St. Monica's
While this small compound is absolutely beautiful, other parts of Gulu aren't quite the same. We took a small journey with one of the Sisters to exchange our U.S. Dollars for some shillings. We went through the marketplace and it was awful. Small shops lined up selling anything and everything. Almost every shop had flies. My favorite shop was the one that was plucking the feather off of a chicken. Yeah, imagine the flies there. Outside of the marketplace the shops aren't too different. Every building had it's usual advertisement while every building promotes their "cheap and quality" goods. We went to one bank, which refused service so we had to travel about 1/2 mile to another. $20 bills are considered small bills, so while I paid $60 U.S. Dollars I got less shillings than some of my fellow travelers who paid with a $50 bill.
Back at St. Monica's, the nuns do not want us working because we should be tired from all of our travels. I made friends with a compound worker there names Fiona, and I convinced her to take a break and eat one of my snacks and I would finish weeding banana village. She was very kind and loved the snacks that I gave her. Here is a picture of us.
One of the most amazing things that happen here is everyone inside the compound, and even some people outside of it well greet you each and every time with "you are welcome." Not to be confused with the American saying used after a "thank you," but they are meaning it quite literally saying you are welcome here.
Our meals vary by type, but they are always at 8am, 1pm, and 7:30pm. Today we had the meal below.
Although it doesn't look like much, people around Uganda would do so much for this meal. It really allows you to put things into perspective. So for this post, I leave you this message. Be thankful for what you have, work for what you want, and just know that somewhere there's someone rooting for you.
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