I'll Fly Away, Oh Glory

Before going to Mukono to use the internet Jeff, Kelley, and I do some laundry. Everyone else has gone to church. Festus has locked the tap to the water tank. (Maybe he forgot to unlock it before church, or maybe because it’s his Sabbath he doesn’t want anyone doing laundry.)

We ask Aisha why it’s locked and she says it’s because he thinks “they” waste the water. “They? I thought it was We.” So Jeff helps me to tip over the water tank to pour out some water for laundry. It is really heavy and we lose grip and the whole thing falls over and water starts gushing out everywhere. We laugh so hard and try to put the cylinder tank right again. Talk about wasting water! (We probably only spilt 5 gallons.)

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After using the internet I go the taxi park to pick up a matatu to Nsumba. Ly
dia is already in the taxi and I sit next to her. There is a terrible smell in the van. It is incredible. I’m not sure but I think it might be the man next to me with a cardboard box/cage full of chicks.

At home the girls and Mayungo are singing in the study room. Luganda hymns. After dinner we go and join them. They ask us to sing some of our hymns so we sing, “The Lord is My Light.” And then “The Spirit of God.” They clap and then we all sing, “I’ll Fly Away” really loudly. Our favorite song for the girls to sing is “Hasten On, Glad Day.”