Johnito

I had to write a limerick for school.

I tell you my name is John-ito,

I'm living in U-gan -dan -ito,

There is so much to do,

You should come visit too,

It's the pearl of Af-ri -can -ito.

Hockey in Uganda

When my Dad came back from Canada he brought 6 hockey sticks and a big hockey net.  We put it on the porch at the house we are living in on secondary.  I am teaching some Ugandans how to play hockey.  One day I brought it to the basketball court to play with my friends.  I'm having a lot of fun with it.

Wilson

This is my friend Wilson.  He is in Jonathan family.  He's half of my size but he is one year older than me.  He wasn't cared for very well before he came to Jonathan family.  He laughs at everything even at himself.  He's very friendly and talks to me in Luganda.  He thinks I know Luganda and always talks to me.  I do know how to say "Jangu" which means "Come" and then he comes running.  I would like to learn more Luganda so I could talk to him.  On Saturday we built things with blocks on our front porch.

Musana camp

I enjoyed going to Musana camp.  It was a seven hour journey and the road was very bumpy.  We played football (soccer), ping pong and a game where you have to throw ropes with balls attached onto a stand with three bars.  We hiked to a waterfall.  We had to cross streams on rocks or logs that were broken and shaky.  The waterfall was taller than a two-storey house.  Some street boys from Jinja came to the camp.  We played a game called flag tag when you have to try and pull the flags off other people.  They were really fast runners.  It was fun going to Musana camp.

Plowing

Today I went to see Dodo and  Ronald plowing.

.Here are some pictures.  I took these pictures by myself.

heading to the field

the plow

the plow

Dodo plowing

Harvesting Maize

On Saturday I harvested maize with David family.  It was a lot of work! We filled Uncle Geoff's car with maize.  We were working from 8:00 to 12:30.  Some of the boys got to ride back on the top of the car.  ( I got to ride on the top of a car another day. It was really fun.)   I was really tired after picking maize.  I had a good sleep that night.

Punctures

In Uganda my bike often gets a puncture in the tires.  This is how we fix it.  First we take the tire off and remove the tube inside.  Then we pump up the tube with air and turn it slowly around until we hear the air coming out.  Then we put some adhesive glue on the puncture and then we stick a patch on it.  Then we pump it with air again and put the tube back on the tire and the tire back on the bike.  The last time I had a puncture there was a big thorn in the tire.