I am Namutebi!

I arrived in Lugazi around 10:30 pm Friday night after two very long plane rides. We were greeted by Aunty Peggy as we call her. She is the acting mayor of Lugazi right now while their elections are going on. She is like our mother here in Lugazi. The drive to our place from the airport was crazy! They drive so crazy here! But something I do like about their driving is that they give certain signals to cars behind them to tell them that there are cops ahead. What helpers they are!
We are living in a house that is really nice in African standards. It is a gated house with our own personal guard. It is going to take some adjusting to... squatters for toilets, showering outside by a pump in my swimsuit, currently no running water, and sharing a room with 5 other girls with bunkbeds. But we are living like kings compared to other people in town.
But that seems all negative right now. There are so many great things here that outweigh all those things that don't even matter. We are the talk of the town. It's like a parade every time we walk the streets. The kids all yell muzungu (white or rich person) and all run towards us while everyone else stops to watch us walk by. Everyone is so kind and always says hello wherever we go. I meet so many new people each day. I went to church in Mokono today. It was seriously the highlight of this trip so far. I went to the primary class with about 10 kids in the ward. They asked Kristen and I to teach them a primary song because they dont have a piano to play the music on so it's hard for them to learn all the songs and they don't really know how to read music. So we sang it for them a few times, wrote it down so they could sing along, and we ended up singing that song about 20 times before we were through. But they are always so desirerable to learn something new. The kids are amazing learners! So smart! Everyone in the ward is very kind! Some of the nicest people I have met and I have only met them once! We are going to keep going to this ward and will be getting callings soon.
I am slowly adjusting to Ugandan life, picking up some new Lugandan words, being able to walk basically right next to passing traffic, shouting Obama's name down every street (they love Obama here, he is there hero), and picking up their accents while mine is changing for them to understand me.
I love it here and my love for this place grows stronger each day! There is so much need for help and I am so happy that I can be here to help.
Oh... I better explain my title. Namutebi is my new African name. Pretty cool huh?!