Things I Have Learned Part #2
- Drying your clothes is more important than washing them. When they are wet, a worm called the Mango Fly gets in them. They die supposedly without moisture. But if they are still wet and you wear the clothes, the worms will burrow into your skin and lay eggs. Suppose you wear wet underwear…Well I will let you think about that from there.
- If you wear shorts out in public to an event not related to sports, you are considered a boy and not a man. During activities it is fine but wearing shorts out in public is not a good idea if not physically active at the time, so I hear.
- I have not learned the African drum beat yet I guess. During a pastor’s training I was asked to play the drums for worship. Have way through the first song, they took the drum from me and gave it to a Ugandan so he can play. I guess I have some work to do there.
- Cheese is super expensive here. A kilo or 2.2 pounds of cheddar cheese can be bought here for about $23. I don’t think I will be buying much cheese here.
- It is a law here that you are forbidden to splash a bystander on the side of the road. Many roads are dirt roads and they all have potholes, since it rains most everyday here it is sometimes difficult not to splash people but it is the law here.
- Since being in Africa I no longer attend church on the weekends but I do pray from different churches. Ugandans, instead of saying that they attend a certain church, say that they pray from (insert name of church here). So I do not attend Kampala International University Church on Saturday nights but I do pray from there.
Things I Have Learned Part #3……………….TBA