Friday 29th AM

I had a great time at church this morning. I’m usually a little bit late; I’m not a morning person and to be anywhere at 7 am is nothing short of a miracle. I always feel bad, thinking everyone has been working for ages, but when I got to church at seven twenty today, I was the first person to arrive.
It's nice that I’ve been here long enough to know how it's done, so I could just get on with getting the food ready. I spent the first few hours sorting the rice, as you can see in this photo.



We peeled and chopped the vegetables, and I cooked the sauce . I’m not a fan of cooking on an open fire because of all the smoke, but you man up and do what you have to do. That is until you can't see any more because your eyes are so full of smoke and tears, and you have smoke inhalation poisoning. That's when Mama Brigette stepped in to take over. But we really had a lot of fun together today. Usually after preparing the food I go over to Ubuzima, but today I stayed and hung out with the cooking team. I really feel like I’m making progress with those friendships, which is good news. Patrick has invited me to go and visit his house this weekend, so I’m looking forward to that.

Patrick and Jean Paul sporting matching aprons.

And if you think they cook a lot of rice on Year of Training, think again!