good day

agandi basebo na banyabo?,
or
how are you ladies and gentlemen?

today was fantastic. i started the day with bread and jam and language lessons after a brisk walk in beautiful country side (sounds great, eh?). then i turned compost piles for a few hours with Josh and Tony, the ugandan who does most of the work at growing God's way. Growing God's way is a farming initiative that was started by some german farmer in africa. it centers on a more natural form of agriculture that draws heavily on the concept of creation care and taking ques from nature. they do a lot of composting, crop cycling, and cover the the ground around plants with a straw mantel. i found it very interesting. i will be working with farming God's way next week and the week after. tony is incredibly interesting. he speaks english fluently (but very quietly. most ugandans speak much quieter than we do) and is very friendly. he roots for manchester united, he is 30, has 2 kids and a wife, he likes to go clubbing (before he was married), really wants to travel, and doesn't like small towns. we talked about these things and many others while we turned compost piles. they have beans, maize, irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, and carrots. right now, it is all on the hollenbecks property, but once they test out the program, they are going to try to get some ugandas to join the program with their land.
after that, i went to the hospital that zillah works at and visited the children in the ward. many of them had been there for weeks and one 17 year old boy had been there since january. they were very cool kids. it was a great opportunity to practice the language. tomorrow i am going to a pastor trainging with one of missionaries all day. it will be interesting.
must go. we are going out to eat for a farewell to one of the missionaries on the team.
turebane obundi