Happy New Year to one and all! We hope that the festive season treated you
all well, and that you have had a good start to 2012.
As the Christmas trees come down, and you start to work off those Christmas pounds we thought we would give you our highlights of the festive
season:
- Spotting two boys riding along the main road between Masaka and Nyendo on a camel (whilst common in some African countries, this is the first Ugandan camel we have encountered);
- Watching “Elf” with the White Eagles – and seeing good old Buddy save Christmas;
- Christmas carols with mulled wine, mince pies and some rather unconventional “carols” including “Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer” by Destiny’s Child!!
- Enjoying a slap-up Christmas dinner with friends –including BBQ pork, stuffing, roast spuds, veg, gravy, homemade mincepies and custard;
- Wolfing down delicious New Year beans and chapattis with our friend, Alison Gill (visiting from Burundi), and others, followed by a drive around Masaka to take in the New Year excitement, including a very enthusiastic mob of people waving chairs in the air in the name of Jesus!
- Meeting a friendly chameleon called Collin and finding our personal space invaded by a very precocious chicken called Charlie, who seems to have taken up residence in our garage (quite uninvited, and now even more so, since he has developed a habit of pooing on Tim’s football equipment... Tim is therefore threatening to take definitive action, in inviting him for a roast chicken dinner, as the guest of honour!)
We are so grateful for all the support that
we have received from all our friends and family, and really hope that you will
keep telling us your news. For any of
you who haven’t yet checked out our Christmas serenade to you, go to:
AND FINALLY…..
BARMY BODAS (continued)!
Probably the only Ugandan to
actually make use of a rear view mirror!
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