Today Crystal and I picked up Amina, a neighborhood shopkeeper and friend, to take her for an ultrasound. This is her third child, she is 8 mths pregnant and has never had an ultrasound. Crystal had told her she would pay for one so she could have the experience of seeing the baby in the womb. I asked Amina if she preferred a boy or a girl. She said a boy, but that it didn’t matter too much. They dropped me off at the Central Market so I could do a little shopping for friends and headed to the imaging center. I walked around for a bit, looking a different shops, bought a few things and then it started to pour. I sought shelter under a tarp with many male shopkeepers attempting to get me to take respit in their shops…all in vain. I waited it out for a while and then braved the rain and made my way to the imaging center. I didn’t see them, so went to a hotel next door and had some tea while waiting. It was nice to sit outside, sheltered, drinking tea and pondering my time in Uganda and that I would be in America one week from that day. Eventually I went back in as I never saw them come out only to find that they were still waiting to be seen. Ugandan time…everything takes longer. So we sat and chatted. There was a funny African animal/nature video on that was looped, so it played over and over. I probably saw it three times and they saw it six. At last the wait ended and they went into see the technician. She came out beaming and announced that she was having a boy. What fun to be a part of this in her life, for Crystal to love on her friend this way and continue to develop a deeper friendship with her.
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