This week was very busy! Sunday Liz, Heather, and I attended Janet Strike's church, Amazing Grace. It was a very 'Ugandan' service, with incredible (and loud!) singing and lots of dancing! The sermon was given in English, with a Lugandan translator, but every once in a while the pastor would switch, and we would have to listen to the translator! It was a bit confusing at times.

After church, we were invited to eat lunch with Mama Eunice and Mama Matthew, some of Janet's friends. (If you have a child, you are referred to with their name.) We were served a huge plate of rice and a bottle of Coca-Cola. I couldn't finish the rice, and I was worried about offending them, but saw that Janet hadn't finished hers either, so I figured it must be okay....but I still wonder....

Monday, Janet, Liz, and I went on a site visit in Northern Kampala. Oasis Uganda is a British ministry that runs Bambejja, a program dedicated to helping vulnerable and destitute girls living in slum areas. They provide shelter, meals, vocational classes, HIV/AIDS awareness, and of course, the Hope of Jesus Christ in their lives. Bambejja means 'princess' in Lugandan.

The rest of the week has been filled with designing a large pavilion for them, as well as redesigning some existing buildings on site. Currently the preliminary drawings are done, and tomorrow I will work on a rendering of the pavilion in good ol' Sketch-Up.