Houses I have had here

Here are some notes about life here in Uganda this past 4 ½ years.

God continues to use me in interesting ways, some just like when I lived in Ukiah and some different. I have continued to shelter the “homeless”. Since coming here, there have been at least 19 different people sheltered with the housing God has provided for me. Each location (I'm now in my 3rd house) has been smaller than the previous one and still there is room to share with others.

My current house has 2 bedrooms, one bath, a sitting room, kitchen and attached garage. As of last month, there are 4 young adults in the garage, while Florence and I each have a bedroom. Not a fair division of space, but it works. The 2 sisters, their brother and a female cousin are all in their early 20's and enjoy having their own space to hang out. Little by little some of their friends come to visit, albeit for only a few hours at a time. Culturally, youth and young adults do not have their friends at their parents' home. Often there is a separate house or sleeping quarters for the young adults so just being in the same space with a parent all the time is very different for them.

Whenever anyone is using the bathroom for showering, a query to all present is made, to be sure no one needs to use the toilet in the next bit of time. There is a pit latrine in the back yard (small building, cement floor with a hole in it, built over a large pit), but it isn't first choice for toilet use for me....or others. (Well, except some of the guards would rather use that than learn to use a fancy toilet. Yes, the inside toilet flushes, is white and looks just like the one at your house.)