bombings

As many of you have heard, there were bombings in Kampala during the finals of the world cup. We live about 30 miles away from Kampala, so we were on lockdown all of Monday. Today, we are out and about working again. We have some connections with some people in Uganda's intelligence agency and they say that they are expecting more bombings this week. Hopefully, this does not happen. The people here have suffered enough. Also, if the terrorism continues we may have to be evacuated. I do not want to leave. We are continuely in contact with the US embassy. BUT Spain did win and it was a great game. Thank goodness the bar that we were in wasn't targeted here in Lugazi. One of the bombing spots in Kampala was quite close to the embassy. I am sure that some of the Americans that were hurt or killed were at the same BBQ as us on the 4th.
This last friday, we transplanted seedlings and created 11 or so new gardens for HIV positive individuals in and around Buikwe. Most of these people were elderly jajas (grandparents) that are caring for their grandchildren because the parents have died most likely from AIDS. One of the ladies that we went to deliver plants to only had one arm and she was hoeing her garden as we arrived. My eyes started filling up with tears as I saw her preparing the garden with her infant and toddler grandchildren sitting in the shade watching her. What a dedicated woman.
On saturday, we had the AIDS festival here in Lugazi. My part of the festival was to teach 300 people about HIV/AIDS and to help screen 100 people. We screened people from the age of 10 up. Only one person was positive! As a team, we performed our traditional african dance. We were even dressed in the traditional clothes. They put extra furs and grass skirt type things on their rears and around your waist to really show that you are moving your hips. The whole hall of people erupted in laughter as they watched the mzungus shake their stuff.