Easter day is almost like Christmas here, and so it should be - one of the most important parts in Christianity is the resurrection of Jesus and the Ugandans celebrate this.
It really puts things in perspective. After church the celebrations include treating everyone to sodas and a big meal with chicken. The excitement of the kids for these luxuries is huge. It made me realise again now lucky we are as most of us each chicken all the time, and fizzy drinks are very normal in our lives rather than a luxury. But these simple things can really be enjoyed here during special days.
All the kids from the Village of Hope were in the main hall, eating the food that the eight mothers had prepared together. The food was soooo good and the atmosphere was lovely.
In the evening we put up a white sheet and set up the projector. I never payed attention to the film "Frozen" when I was home (even though I was working at Subway who were promoting it) however since coming here was given the DVD which the kids where I stay and I have watched numerous times (and they won't stop singing the songs)
I played Frozen and the kids were each given a little pot of ice-cream as we sat in the dark watching the film on our make shift cinema screen and they also now love the songs too. :-)
I also kept a creme egg all this time so that I wouldn't completely miss Easter chocolate....
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