Sorry not to have posted for a while. The internet stopped working for a week and it's been a busy and stressful few days. I thought I should write a bit about Easter here. They have a tradition in the hospital chapel of celebrating both Easter and Christmas on the Thursday beforehand, as lots of the staff go home for Easter. They call it carols, even at Easter. There's a nursing and midwifery school on the hospital site and all the first year nursing students put on a play of the Easter story. The morning service lasted about 3 hours, including the play. They acted out everything, including whipping Jesus and putting him on a cross. It was a slightly bizarre, rather dramatic performance but more entertaining than the usual chapel services! They sang lots of songs too. Afterwards we had the more formal service. I have to admit I struggle sometimes sitting on the hard benches but it's noticed if the Muzungos (white people) don't go to chapel and most days the service is only 30 minutes long.
On Easter day itself Emma and I had pancakes and coffee for breakfast (thanks Ann Smith!). We then got invited over to Olga, a German girl's house for more pancakes! There were about 10 of us there, us two, Olga, Rita and 6 Ugandas, mostly doctors or nurses at the hospital. It was really fun and rather indulgent to eat pancakes twice in one day. I took the last bag of little eggs Mum gave me when I left and everyone was very excited! That's all the chocolate gone now though, unless anyone wants to send a parcel...
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