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The above picture is from our trip yesterday. We passed areas that specialize in certain products, such as drums, stools, lufas (loofas? -- I don't remember the correct spelling), mushrooms, potatoes and tomotoes. Sherie took this great picture from a stall on the roadside that was selling potatoes. Customers do not need to get out of their car -- the people in the stall come to you. The beautiful way the products are stacked are typical of most, if not all, fruits and vegetables.

Once again, Sherie and I went separate ways today to learn different aspects of AFC's role in helping children. Sherie attended a meeting on nutrition and I attended a meeting on reviewing the Children's Act, the base law for how children are treated, adoption, foster parenting and guardianships.

In order to adopt a Ugandan child, whether the prospective parents are Ugandan or not, the prospective parents must first live in Uganda for 3 years as foster parents. One of the questions that is being reviewed is whether 3 years is too long. There are many other steps and issues in the adoption, foster parenting and guardianship process, too. I won't get into the details, but suffice it to say that there are many views on each issue. It will be interesting to see how Uganda's laws develop or if they stay the same.

We are going to the source of the Nile River and Sipi Falls for the weekend so you won't see any entries for a few days. Stay tuned.