Luweero, Kampala (another weekend travel)

Hmm, Luweero was an overall good experience. It was much more mellow than many of the previous experiences, but full of interesting information. For a couple of our planned sessions we had meetings with a bishop for the area as well as a priest who works a lot with HIV individuals. The area we were in had a high percentage of 13% of all its inhabitants infected where as the rest of the country is relatively low around 7%. It was very touching to hear about how he brings hope to those who would appear to have none lying on their deathbeds. He told a story about a boy who was 4 years of age who was on his deathbed wondering why he had HIV since he did nothing to deserve it. How do you answer a question like that in a way that is just? However some people are tired of hearing about HIV in Africa due to its major publicity. However I am here in Africa and it is very relevant at the moment. The priest asked the boy what he would like to have before he “sleeps” and all he asked for was a sweet. Just a piece of candy. ..Any how it was moving to hear about how he connects and builds relationships with these people that society discriminates and rejects knowing they will just die off. Anyway something more bright for ya ☺ We visited a memorial in Luweero. This is the city where the current president of Uganda fought his garilla war for power. He started with just 27 men, raided a military compound for weapons, and eventually built up his campaign to take over power in the capitol city. The memorial was small but it was a grave full of skulls that we were able to observe as the man unlocked its heave door and lifted it up. Very interesting and erie to here about how the horrible past leader Amin murdered innocent civilians, children, women, and men in cold blood for no reason other than it was the area where the gorilla war was being fought. The site we visited had almost 3,000 skulls buried in it and there were 15 more just like it around the area. That weekend consisted of learning about these aspects in the area. Ofcourse we had our usual foods, and tea time everday! Bless you all!