guess what....

chicken butt...
i saw our sunday chicken get its head chopped off (we named him mr. white)..maybe i'll get to do it next time?? oh and a lil' tidbit for you, the word for chicken in luganda is nkoko...just like the sound a chicken makes! i've been learning lots of luganda phrases (one of the many bantu languages here, spoken mainly in the central part of uganda, an area known as buganda and spoken by the baganda people), and find that in trying to respond in luganda my mind goes spanish! i love languages, so much fun! my sister eva is a very good teacher, reinforcing vocabulary daily!

on saturday we went to a wedding. the wedding itself wasn't too eventful...rather traditional i might say, but the thrill was wearing the traditional ugandan dress, called gomez, walking through town and having everyone comment, clapping, giving thumbs up signs, hollering "you are smart" which means well dressed and classy. the dress is very extravagent mind you...comparable to the japanese komono, bright colors and a big long belt. many excited faces at our sight, asking who we were, to which we informed them of our ugandan names...which i know now to be nakadu. the mayor of mukono even picked us up and took us to the cathedral so we didn't have to walk the rest of the way. the wedding singers were wonderful and we were seated with our mama, who was one of the special guests, so we were given a Fanta and were up close to the m.c. folks who were talking through the reception like it was one of those fancy award shows. oh and the cake was HUGE...small ball like cakes, of which there were at least a dozen. oh fun..and the comments on the way home were louder and more obnoxious...mama was laughing her head off.

very settled at home. love it. love how people come and go all the time. love how the old crippled dog they have is called grandpa. love their laughter and eva's enormous smile. love the little geckos that scamper around the walls. love it when the power goes out and we have conversations around lantern light. food is so good, rice, matoke, kipatti, irish and sweet potatoes, oh how i feast! took a long walk yesterday through the more village like part of my neighborhood...i saw an abandoned medical clinc....oh the dream. saw a sweet lil' house down the way....oh the dream...and then a small boy walked out of the house! My heart flies here! The sky is so pure and alive here! I might just move here...