Orire gye! – A greeting we finally start to be familiar with here. I am now sitting in our livingroom in Bushenyi, looking out over the beautiful hills to be seen outside our living room.

I arrived in Uganda Tuesday last week (10.10.06). We were then 6 Act Now’ers that stayed in Kampala together for the first tree days. There we met with some of our supervisors, went to the Norwegian Embassy, and to see the Stromme Foudation Office.

Aerobic class at the rooftop for the Act Now’ers and the staff members at SF.

Then we departed to our different practice places. Anne Margrethe and I are now in Bushenyi, a smaller village about 5 hrs drive south-west from Kampala. This first week we have mainly been taking some language lessons in Ruanyankole. And just to give you a small idea of what that looks like, this is how you say “nice to meet you”: Nakushemererwa kuka reba…

Yesterday was our first day out visiting some schools. What a strange feeling to have 5-600 expectant children looking at you with curious faces. We came there with our supervisor and a reverend, to meet with the staff and children, and to hand out some new testament Bibles.
Afterwards we got to spend some time in different classrooms, where we later might do some teachings ourselves.

Sitting patiently listening, until the heavens opened, end we all had to run inside to get shelter from the rain.