Our destinations in Uganda

Our destinations in Uganda

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Traditional Ugandan Wedding

Today we woke up rather late - around 8 am. We had a relaxing morning with breakfast in Mbarara. We left to go to a traditional Uganda wedding. The ceremony was performed in Rukiga, the local language of the area. There was a lot of dancing and music and was a beautiful ceremony. We had a giant dinner with many traditional Ugandan foods. I have been eating healthier here than I do in Michigan! We then presented our present to the bride before leaving to travel to Lydia's house. Lydia is a board member of ACT Muko who lives 30 minutes away from Kabale. We had a snack there and spoke to her for a while. We arrived in Kabale and checked into the Cepha's Inn where we will be staying the next few days.

I am a bit tired as I write this so I am not doing justice to all we did today. However I want to point out how fortunate we were to experience this event. We were able to see a traditional Ugandan wedding and visit a part of Africa that few Americans will ever see. Both the wedding and Lydia's house are off the highway quite a ways. The roads are bad but the geography is amazing. The hills just got larger and larger as we continued to travel.
Tomorrow we will be visiting Muko for the first time. We will have church service in the morning then sing at another service in the afternoon. To all those in America: have a great day!

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