Breakaway

The students had four weeks of holiday during the month of May; the break between first and second term. Holidays are always busy, but fun, because we get to see the kids a lot more. For Breakaway this time, we wanted to do some new things and not just follow the same pattern we have been. We were able to take the kids on several outings.
(1) Our first trip was to visit our new office. It is located in Naguru, an area close to where many of our students live. They loved exploring the place! We enjoyed some cookies, played games, and watched a movie while we were there.



Relaxing on the lawn outside the office







Playing games








(2)For out next outing, we went to a park: Kiwatule Recreation Center. Parks are rare here. Kiwatule is privately owned and costs a fee to enter. There are several areas for people to gather in. The main places of attraction for the students were the play equipment, the swimming pool, and the field. It was neat to see how much even the older students enjoyed doing things like swinging on the swings, going on the teeter totter and merry-go-round, etc. The park even featured a train ride which circled the premises twice.



Sofia, Brian, and Phiona on the swings






Fun on the Merry-go-round










Eddie, Prossy, Sheilla, Charles, Sofia, Paula, Ruth, and Safari posing with the frog








Train Ride!









Our Group









(3) We stayed at the church for our next meeting and did a couple of fun activities: tower building with spaghetti noodles and toothpicks (to illustrate how we as believers are being built into a spiritual house and that we are all important and interdependent on one another) and we also made cards using banana leaf fibers.






Asedri, Denis, Charles, Andrew, and Megan proudly showing off their tower









Making Cards





(4) Next we had a photo scavenger hunt. The students were split into 3 different groups and were given a list of 10 things they had to get photos of…Here are some of the things my group had to do…



crammed into an ATM booth










With a picture of President Museveni










Pumping Petrol









With the Uganda Flag












(5) Our last trip was to take a tour of the Coca Cola Factory—the largest one in Uganda. It was neat to see the huge conveyor belts full of bottles at every step of the process: getting washed, being filled with coke, putting the cap on, etc. Cameras weren’t allowed on the premises (I actually had to turn mine in to security before I could go in), so I only got one group picture of us all: