This is what keeps me laughing.....

So, I've decided to dedicate this post to some of the hilarious things that have happened and we have seen since we have been here. I hope this brings you laughter. Simply stated: these moments can only be defined by TIA (this is Africa!) Here goes.....in no consecutive order:





1) When we were in Johannesburg, there was a river next to our retreat center. As you are walking beside the river...which is very apparently a river...... you see this sign:




2) Jena (the journeyman that was a nurse and is now our facilator who WE LOVE!!) has a car here. She needed a new seatbelt for the passenger side, so once she got to Kampala they put her car in the shop. And guess how she got a new seatbelt African style?!?! She had to get a NEW SEAT!! Isn't that hilarious!! An entirely new car seat just because the seatbelt was broken. TIA!

3) Sometimes Ugandans have trouble saying American words. For instance: Jake, one of the guys on my team, met a guy at the market the other day that was a christian. The guy asked for Jake's number, so he gave it to him. The next morning Jake gets a text message that begins like this...... "Hey Jerk...." hahahahaha!! He thought his name was Jerk.

4) Traffic laws in Uganda aren't exactly like they are in America! For example, there were 7 of us plus groceries in a car that should have only fit 5...... We get pulled over by the "police" and they actually ligitimately asked Stephen (a missionary here) what he thought they should do about it!! "What do you think that I should do here?" hahaha And then they ended up letting us go, no problem.
And he suggested to us that if we ever got pulled over, and nothing else is working, we should use this line........ (everyone loves obama!!!!)
"Hey, isn't Obama your cousin?!? He is my President!! We are pratically cousins!!" And that should work every time.... hahahahahaha

6) Along the lines of Obama......... Usually, when we are walking through streets/villages, we frequently hear people yelling out Mazungu while pointing at us and laughing. Mazungu means white person. We literally hear it all the time. But today...instead of Mazungu----- we heard people pointing to us and yelling "Obama! Obama" As in, that is how they referenced us! hahaha

5) Lastly, I don't know if this will be funny to yall or not but we were riding in a public taxi yesterday (just imagine an old van with a lot of people in it that stops every 3 feet to let yet another person in or out) When you get close to place you need off you say " Mawsow" (sp?) But we were just learning the language.....and the national that was with us that day, Dickens, told me to try and yell it out. So, I yell out, what I thought was the right word...but instead it was... "Moscow!" As in the place..... I'm pretty sure you had to be there. But the embarrassment of being the Mazungu that just yelled the wrong word was hilarious!!! One lady did tell me that she was impressed that we were trying to speak the national language. There's one victory!!! So.....it is my advice that whenever you decide to yell out something in another language....make sure its the right thing! Or you will be laughed at ALOT! =)

That is all I have for now..... There will be many more of these to comes!! This list could go on but for now I'm headed to sleep.... Love you guys!