Our last week…

Monday 7/26/10
We were pretty tired to day, so we spent most of the time at home and only went out for Thai food. Jude went with us, and he and Meagan had never had sticky rick with mango before. It was a pretty big hit between the two of them, especially Jude, who is a particularly picky eater.

Tuesday 7/27/10
Trying to wrap up the research and provide some initial recommendations to the foundation. We are having trouble because we had such a great weekend. I can’t stop talking to Meagan and reliving the fun. We are also trying to buy a few things to take home to friends and family. Last year I bought all of my Christmas presents here and I plan to use that strategy again.

Wednesday 7/28/10
Again trying to build a report, people who went with us to Jinja keep dropping by so that we can exchange pictures. We had our friends Sonja, Richard, and Moses over for dinner and then we intended to go bowling. We didn’t have luck with the bowling. We left late, then couldn’t find it, and then it was closed. Bummer. As a consolation we did find another restaurant that we had previously asked about and were told that it wasn’t there. They had bagels, so we each bought one for the morning. Cinnamon Raisin I been missing you!

Thursday 7/29/10
One more day of report writing. Pretty boring. Our friends are wanting to go out a bunch because they know that we will be leaving soon. I think everyone is starting to feel the crunch, but I’m starting to get worn out with socializing. That evening we did manage to get another egg roll. We dissected it and took pictures so that everyone at home can get an idea of what we are talking about and why we were so surprised the first time. It has become a running joke amongst our friends about how we made such a scene the first time that we had an egg roll.

Friday 7/30/10
We had a long a day at the foundation today. We introduced Moses to Echiba and Reverend so that he might be able to become more involved with the Foundation in one capacity or another. We also went over our initial recommendations. I think they went over ok. There were a couple of things that they weren’t aware of and many thing that they already knew. We got some Indian food quickly in a restaurant that was air conditioned. Weird. We went back to the foundation and got prepared for our meeting with all of the mentors.
The meeting went really smoothly, and we handed them back the results from the pilot tests. They seemed to be pleased with the results of the project. We also said our good byes. It was very sad, especially since was the second time that I’ve said goodbye and now I’ve come to know so many of the people personally.
We took a taxi with Mary home because she was going to a wedding reception in our area. It was nice to spend a little time with our African mother before we left. Finally, we stayed home for a night. People kept dropping by to say hello and chat with us. Eventually we were able to watch some Seinfeld and go to sleep. I’ve started reading Sherlock Holmes and it is really good.