No matter how many years we live here, in certain contexts we will always be quite obviously the VISITORS!!! This happened a week ago when we went on Sunday afternoon to visit our neighbor at boarding school.
Secondary school in Uganda is almost exclusively boarding, so it's SAD for my girls when their friends leave again for the new term. This week we heard it was visitation day at Ushindi, so we went to see our friend Sharon. (in blue)
As we walked up to the clustered groups of students showing their parents their work, discussing the term, receiving gifts from home, the group of probably well over 100 grew completely SILENT and all eyes were on us. Me, and my four girls!!! We stuck out in the crowd and I wanted the ground to just quietly swallow us. Some moments like that are ok, sometimes I am ready for them...this one for some reason caught me off guard. It was odd to me to realize too that all four girls were completely oblivious to their differences (which most days I love!!!).
Eventually we found Sharon and sat down in our little circle to hear how she was. She laughed at herself as she showed us the shoes she had made to make it to visitation day...her sandels broke!
Her mom brought her new flip flops, but the girls and I were seriously impressed with her ingenuity!
Elsie Jayne and Chloe with a little Sharon snuggle!!!
We love this sweet girl!
See you at Christmas break, Sharon!!!
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