Or to be more specific... from a little brown eyed cutie!
Today Victoria flew in to Uganda to spend a month assisting with the ministry. Since she came in mid day and we wouldn't have to spend the night in town before coming to the village... I decided to reward a couple of my kids who had been super big helpers with school related tasks on a field trip to the airport.
This may sound like a mundane task for many but for Samuel it was like winning the lottery. The day I told him... he clapped excitedly all the way from my house to the goat pen with a great big smile on his face.
Our day started out rather wet with a major rainstorm overnight that continued well into the morning making the road way rather muddy and all of us rather soggy! We took the pit latrine digger with us to Busunju to get a new pick ax as the other one broke due to so much rock. From the time we arrived in Busunju... Samuel and his sister Fiona started asking questions...what is that? Where are we? Look just there! The impressive part for me was that all of their questions were in very clear English!
I needed to go grocery shopping before picking up Victoria so we decided to go to the new mall near Entebbe to shop and have lunch before heading to the airport. Our first stop was Nakumatt and when we walked in to the right was the electronic section. The kids just froze ... starring at the flat screen tv's. I had Hannington explain what they were and after a few minutes moved on with our shopping. This type of store was very new to them so their was a lot of questions and comments about what they saw. After getting groceries... we went to put them in the cooler in the car and then headed back to the mall to take lunch at KFC... that just opened. I knew that they would be familiar with chicken and potatoes so this was the best choice. Fiona got so wrapped up watching the people in the mall that she only wanted her coca cola...so we packed the chicken and chips for the ride home. Samuel ate every bite of his chicken and chips.
After lunch we had a few minutes before heading to the airport so we took the children on the elevator in the mall. Fiona squeezed my hand so tight as it moved up and down... something she had never experienced up until this point. Fiona was also very concerned about all the security guards and police. Not sure what she has been taught about them but she was very unsure of these people and clung to my side. We got back to car and started to the airport.
As we passed lake Victoria, Samuel is starring out the window... and states in awe... Mamma, so much water. It occurred to me that he has probably never seen anything bigger than the swamp in the village so Lake Victoria was 'so much water'.
Near Entebbe there is the old Entebbe airport and runway that the UN now uses as a base. At the end of this runway there are several old planes just parked... turning green with age. Samuel and Fiona had never seen an airplane much less so many different ones so they were in awe. As they made comments or just starred it hit me... these simple things in my lifestyle that I take for granted are a huge learning experience for this 10 and 14 year old.
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