Friday, March 13, 2009

Greetings from Mutolere, Uganda from Anthony

This is our house here in Uganda. It's large, concrete, and hollow-sounding.


There are a lot of bugs and other crawling things in our house. Luckily, we have mosquito nets over our beds which keep not just mosquitoes out, but tons of other bugs. One morning, there were about 60-75 BIG spiders crawling around in our shower, but once we sprayed them, they were dead in a few minutes and we just wiped them down the drain. My dad found a huge, odd bug in their bedroom that looked like nothing we had ever seen before. It had six long legs, long antennae, and a large abdomen. Another thing inside our house is lizards. They’re not quite as common, but sometimes you’ll see one just running across your bedroom floor. There are lots of other interesting things, but those are the most interesting. -Anthony


******************This woman is teaching children at the Saturday morning orphans program how to weave mats. There's a photo a bit further down of some of them practicing their art.
This is the view from our front door, and some of the neighbor children who cut through "our"yard.
Nursing students performing a traditional dance at their Women's Day celebration. It was a lengthy celebration program but very enjoyable and entertaining.
******************Children learning the art of weaving floor mats.


12 comments:

  1. hello all, thank you for posting these pictures, it was nice to see your home there. It looks very nice however, when i read about the spiders in the shower.... it made me think i would never get clean again! hope the voice goes around that you kill them there and no more spiders show up!
    carmen

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  2. Anthony- excellent pictures! Your blog paints a colorful picture of your roommates..well done:-)- Diana

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  3. HI Anthony! And HI to your whole family! This is Steve in Alaska...I believe I gave you a plane ride a few years ago. I am very very impressed with your blog and the pictures. I enjoy your Mom's emails too. Keep up the great work, and thanks!

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  4. Hey Anthony...how are U guys? We're in the middle of repeated volcanic eruptions near us here in Anchorage...I bet that isn't a problem there eh? HI to your fam!! Steve in Alaska

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  5. HI CODA!! its hannah!!! WE ALL MISS YOU AT CORPUS! i could never survive in uganda because bugs creep me out. i'm not scared of them... not alot! lol! bye!!!!! ~hannah steele

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  6. Hey Coda!!!!!! as hannah said be4 we do alll miss u! we cant wait till u get back but still have a good time and do good deeds(haha) no really! can't wait till u get back ttys!
    byebhye
    *Annie Case*

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  7. HI AGIAN FROM UR BUD KYLE ,BILL JOSEPH AND I CAN WAIT TILL U GET TO BE IN THE PIZZA GROUP!!!! WE MISS YA BUDDY

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  8. Yo Coda! It's Sarah and Hannah again. Let's see if Sarah has anything to say this time... (Don't expect a lot) Sarah: Oh no... *laughter* *Doesn't know what to say again...* ... Umm NO! AHHH! *This is hannah now, i'm riting everything she says, bak to sarah* *laughter* No stop! *lots of laughing...* okay, *laughter* alright, let me breathe. okay, i'm ready now. *laughter8 (i guess not...) okay i'm good now, can't breathe! *laughter* i'm laughing to hard i cant breathe! STOP! okay i'm good now. okay, no do not rite that! *HER FACE IS READ LOL* okay i'm ready now i think *laughter* my tummy hurts! i need air! okay, alright. i think i can do it now. i hate you. (to hannah) okay CODA! *laughter* no do not rite that! no wait hold on. okay i'm gonna type up the message, okay. *laughter* don't rite everything i say! okay i'm good now, we all miss you! (finally she's okay) (scratch that) *laughter* okay. i say okay a lot. hannah stop it! STOP SHUT UP DONT DO IT! (yes i'm evil -hannah) ahhhh! okay okay okay. okay. alright. *sigh* i breathed. (nvm)
    *more laughter* its a good thing we have problems. *laughter* i mean its a good thing he knows we have problems. wait. no! *more laughter* alright you dont have to rite okay. no. wait no! NO! ahh! HANNAH! I HAVE A CANADIAN COIN! i'm gonna try. *in out in out* i'll be right back i have to breathe. OKAY. I'm afraid to!

    Hannah: Okay that was all Sarah. I typed everything she said! I hope that was enjoyable! (It was probably annoying.) I couldn't get anything else out of her so there you go.

    Love hannah and sarah

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  9. Hey Anthony! We often don't realize how well we have it until we travel aboard! Thanks for sharing your adventures. Blessing to all of you, Ms. Rose ps way too many bugs for me!

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  10. I agree with miss rose..... i mean i dont get grossed out by them i would just worry about getting stung or something! haha
    -Kyle

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  11. hey coda we all miss you at school
    i hate bugs just ask anyone
    c ya
    cassie

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  12. Hi Dr. Coda.
    It is so nice to see the picutres . Mrs. coda is very good in describing how thngis are , but now I have visual.
    Cho

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