For Sunday, November 26th, I decided to rest up to hopefully be ready for tomorrow's projects. It was disappointing to miss church and their fundraiser for their church building expansion but I was exhausted. I slept off and on through the day, hand washed a few clothes, read my Bible & prayer time and worked on my blog.
I did hear later that the church raised like 5 or 6 million ugx (about $1,500) -I'll check on that number to be giving accurate info. So perhaps it's good that I wasn't there. Muzungu (white person) presents tends to stifle local giving. The mindset is that "he/she is rich, they should give, not me". Nothing unique about that. Even in the United States we often wait for someone else to lend a hand first.
I didn't take any photos today. It was decided that since I had been sick and the next day was scheduled to be a work day repairing a house that we would push that back to Tuesday. For Tuesday we didn't have anything scheduled anyway so that works for me. I was also able to buy the Pastor a meal while him and I discussed plans. I had asked him if he was hungry. He said yes, but the price was too much at the restaurant where I was at. The prices were about 10,000 -15,000 ugx ($3 to $4.50).
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