our weekend in Kampala

Last weekend we went to Kampala for a wonderful “Western” weekend. We actually had a pleasant bus ride to Kampala and based on our previous traveling (in)experience, were quite proud of ourselves when we got off the bus extremely close to our destination, the Garden City Mall. Now, forget all of your impressions of Africa, [...]

Read Full Post »

lunchtime convo

When a couple marries here, before they can even have a church ceremony, they participate in an “introduction.” Not only is this a ceremony for the bride’s family to meet the groom’s, but it is the time when the families negotiate and pay the bride price. Yes, women here are still literally purchased. So, over [...]

Read Full Post »

Taking down the sukkah

 
Before leaving Apollo and Janet Wambedde’s village home to spend Shmini Atzeret with the Abayudaya, we promised our host-father, Apollo, that we would take down the sukkah when we returned. He mentioned that there are a number of people who could benefit from the sukkah materials, especially the sheets. In particular, there is a cute [...]

Read Full Post »

Visitors!!

Marilyn Michelow and Thomas Bohnett, both current Princeton-in-Africa fellows, visited Mbale this weekend. We were supposed to travel with them to Jinja. But, Tom fell sick with malaria, so we decided to take it easy and hang out around Mbale. Tom is much better (thanks to Dr. Levert and treatment from the BCC clinic!!). Anyway, [...]

Read Full Post »

An Egg…

My chicken laid its first egg this evening!! Faz called me into the kitchen as soon as I got home from work to let me know that the chicken was preparing to lay an egg. She lifted the chicken up to check if it had laid an egg. When she found nothing, she remarked that [...]

Read Full Post »

another blog

We should have told you about this sooner… but Dr. Levert has started a blog about life in Uganda generally and about medicine here more specifically. We think that many of you will be very interested in the things he writes and the pictures he posts! Enjoy!!!
www.levert.wordpress.com

Read Full Post »

buying motorcycle helmets

Ok, we will admit to the fact that sometimes, we have ridden on the backs of motorcycles. It’s one of the more convenient modes of transportation here, so when we have to, we do. But, we are also aware that this is not exactly the safest mode of transportation. So, after much delay, we actually [...]

Read Full Post »

ApplesNHoney

A month ago, Harriet Bograd from Kulanu sent out an email to me and to a number of community members informing us about the ApplesNHoney grant through the Forest Foundation which offers small grants for Rosh Hashana celebrations. After speaking with Rabbi Aaron, I offered to work on the proposal. After a few weeks, I [...]

Read Full Post »

Yom Kippur

For the last month, I have been preparing to lead high-holiday services at Nabugoya Hill with the Abayudaya. It has been a long process; almost every evening after work, I would spend at least an hour, sometimes even four, learning the nusach and various high holiday tunes for Maariv, Shacharit, Musaf, Mincha, and Neilah. It [...]

Read Full Post »

We’re Moving…

I know we have a lot of catching up to do. We have a list of posts that we still want to write and the list gets longer everyday. In the meantime, we wanted to share some exciting news with you: We are moving into our own place. And not just us, Dr. Levert will [...]

Read Full Post »