29/8/13 – Thursday
Hello dear readers! The story of
today will be brought to you with a mystery theme, narrated by Matt, Pete and
Mary. We hope you have fun guessing it whilst hearing about the day’s tale of
the intrepid travellers.
We rose for a classic Hotel Eldima breakfast, Baby One More Time, of fresh
fruit, egg and toast. The new taste of jack fruit intrigued many, especially Hedley,
and our resident Brown Eyed Girl, Fiona eloquently describes it as ‘mmm yummy’.
Our day began, as usual, with devotion in the church, where we performed our
own masterpiece of the story of the Good Samaritan, with inspiring performances
from many of our Superstar cast; highlights include Joe as the traveller, and
Matt and Hedley as the mischievous donkey. One of the activities for the day
involved the Kids making handprints to send back to Thornbury, and some of the
smaller children had to Use Somebody to help, thus requiring the latent
creative talents of the team members to emerge. The rest of the team taught the
classic sudoku to the older students, which they grasped quickly, giving them
More Than A Feeling of Satisfaction and pride. Also going on all day was the
painting of the mural on the wall of the health centre, you could say the
finished article was something of a Wonderwall! Many interesting discussions
were had with all age groups in the community, the main topic of conversation
being the differences and similarities between Bufumbo and Thornbury, examples
of questions that have been asked are:
- Does their tradition of circumcision transcend into the British culture, and if not how does one become a man?
- What is the infant mortality rate?
- What is Thornbury’s most prosperous economic activity?
The theme was then A Little Less Conversation, as the arts and crafts
turned into sporting activites. A few games of Bufumbo style rugby (60 kids
versus a handful of Muzungu) emerged, and there was always a few frisbees
Spinning Around. We needed a lot of Patience as madness ensued when balloons
surfaced at the health centre. One small child soon turned into an Angry Mob,
which could only be described as the Closest Thing to Crazy we have ever seen,
as word spread of the inflatable rubber balls of fun.
The day ended with a minor incident of excitement as a rogue flask of hot
water spontaneously exploded over Collin and Pheysey. But Don’t Worry, Be
Happy, they are absolutely fine, just a little bit damp.
On the way home, the Banter Bus stopped at the most picturesque rugby pitch
in the whole of Africa - the Fields of Gold home only to the Mbale Elephants
RFC – for some arty photos and chat with the gaffer.
And just to finish with a cliché Happy Ending, today was also special for
another reason, as Papa Kenneth and Mama Fioooooooona celebrated the 26th
year of their Eternal Flame of marriage! We celebrated with many bananas and a
funky African jig.
The day’s Champagne Supernova moments included:
- Bombarding our Ugandan friend Alan’s phone call to his girlfriend with shouts of ‘gulu gulu!’ (Lugisu for turkey)
- Being shown around the Vicar’s new house, the cost of which was aided by fundraising in Thornbury.
- Giz being given the compliment of his life, as he was mistaken for being a Barrett.
- The general astonishment at Hedley’s wealth in cattle (600 cows... 600 COWS!)
Mary, Matt & Pete
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