Nutrition Day

Today reminded me so much of my mission.  To be honest, most days feel like that.  The dirt is the beautiful, rich red dirt just like Misiones, Argentina.  There is lush greenness everywhere.  It rains most days.  The people are so loving.  They yell "Mzungu"(white-person) at us (in a loving way).  Melissa lives in a cute little neighborhood with dirt roads. The kids yell "Melissa" all the way up and down the street as we walk by.  It is so sweet.

We started the day by making crepes for the boys because Yoseph was leaving for a month to go work on the island on the lake.  Love those boys.  They are my new Uganda brothers.  

At Musana today we started the first nutrition lesson.  Tina began and then interpreted what I said so that nothing would be misunderstood.  Most of the women speak English pretty well.  These women are so bright.  They had wonderful questions.  We broke all food into 3 categories-energy, growth, and protection.  Most people here eat lots of starches to be full (energy group), but growth (protein) is more expensive, and protection (vitamins and minerals) aren't commonly eating.  But we are going to change all of that :).

After Musana we went to the market to get seeds for the garden we are going to make behind to shop.  We also got a ton of vegetables to make some soup.  This may not look appetizing, but it was DELICIOUS!