Well, I'm finally posting, sorry it's been a while.
I saw a goat getting slaughtered the other day at my school, it was gross.
Lately life has been a little difficult here, just trying to figure out what my role is and what I should be doing to help... It's not easy, but I think I'll get there eventually. For now I am spending my days at my school and other schools near by. Yesturday we started painting the resource room, and it's a pretty yellow color. It is water based paint, and we added extra water to it, so it was pretty transparent. ha, the dirt was showing through a little, but I think it will be okay. I was thinking the other day about Coke-A-Cola because I see their marketing adds everywhere! I was thinking that since they are so good at convincing people to drink Coke, maybe they should try and convince people to steer clear of HIV/AIDS, and help. Random thought. I miss home lately, and my mind is in a million different places all the time. I feel like I can't even get it together to write this blog. haha.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Peace
A man told me a story last week and I thought it was really good, it's about what the word "peace" means.
He says that a group of students were asked to draw a picture that explained what "peace" meant to them, or to draw what they see when they think of "peace".
One child drew a river that flowed calmly and was bright blue, and he drew a picture of himself laying next to his river.
One child drew a garden with hundreds of beautiful flowers all around.
And one drew a waterfall. In this waterfall there was a tree that grew up from the bottom and rose all the way above all of the splashing, and on top of this tree, the child drew a bird that sat on the top, right in the middle of the waterfall on the tree.
Anyways, the man that told me this story explained that the picture with the waterfall was like peace in Uganda. He says that amongt all the chaos, people find peace. They find their own way to rise above any of the crazy things that might be happening around them, and they find peace. I think this idea is a good way to look at life in general really anywhere you are in the world. No matter where you go, there will always be chaos, and it's up to you to find your own peace all within yourself to rise above, and then there you are.
He says that a group of students were asked to draw a picture that explained what "peace" meant to them, or to draw what they see when they think of "peace".
One child drew a river that flowed calmly and was bright blue, and he drew a picture of himself laying next to his river.
One child drew a garden with hundreds of beautiful flowers all around.
And one drew a waterfall. In this waterfall there was a tree that grew up from the bottom and rose all the way above all of the splashing, and on top of this tree, the child drew a bird that sat on the top, right in the middle of the waterfall on the tree.
Anyways, the man that told me this story explained that the picture with the waterfall was like peace in Uganda. He says that amongt all the chaos, people find peace. They find their own way to rise above any of the crazy things that might be happening around them, and they find peace. I think this idea is a good way to look at life in general really anywhere you are in the world. No matter where you go, there will always be chaos, and it's up to you to find your own peace all within yourself to rise above, and then there you are.
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