Visit with Foibe Rugamayo

Before we left Uganda, on Thursday we had Jimmy drive the three of us directly to visit my dear friend Foibe. (For those of you who don't already know she was my roommate at Wheaton in 1962. She adopted my Mom as her American Mom and spent several summer vacations in Pennsylvania during her 4 yrs in the states.) Her husband Edward was entertaining President Museveni in Fort Portal so we could not see him.



Our driver took us to their Kampala Home where her son Albert & wife Edna and 4 children also live. Foibe was quite a picture standing in the open doorway of her home when we arrived in her African dress. After some tea & cake, we left so Rebekah could shop before the stores closed and returned to find Mbabazi and her two children waiting for us. They loved the Bibles I had brought for them.



Mbabazi's brother,Edward and Grandson Ira were taken by Rebekah's visit and stayed to talk to her. It seemed to be none stop!
Rebekah was the guest of honor at dinner--Foibe served her first from every dish. There was roasted chicken, Chicken stew, Beef stew, Irish potatoes, rice, steamed bananas, sliced tomatoes and avocado, green beans with tiny dried mushrooms, pinto like beans, mango, watermelon, & freshly prepared passion fruit juice. Probably some more African dishes I cannot remember all--some bread-like millet dish, and flat bread. I told her it was like Thanksgiving and she smiled and said, "Of course!"

She was delighted see my slide show of the photos taken at Lulwanda and villages. She was very happy to know about the wonderful library that we dedicated on Wednesday. She was with us when we saw the initial construction in April 2004. I noticed that she sort of nodded off occasionally during the presentation. Her health seems stable but her focus is erratic. I watch the way her children seemed to cover for her and sometimes nod their head when they didn't agree with what she was telling me. She does not get to come to Kampala often these days because it seems too stressful for her. The stroke she had several years ago has it's lingering effects. Leon talked in depth with Edward Jr. who having just completed college and active in real estate seemed very happy to finally get to know us.