So the outreach went great! When we first arrived there had been a death in the village and in Uganda is customary for visitors to visit the home and family of the deceased. When we got there pretty much the whole village was camped out around this mans house. Apparently he was 72 and died of diabetes. How he could live so long here with diabetes is beyond me. But we learned that when someone in a village dies they lay the body in the house (un preserved) and friends and family camp out around the house for up to 3-4 days. They lay out old palm leaves for people to sleep on and sit on for the duration of the visit. I couldn't’ believe how many people were there. We were introduced and we asked everyone to come and stop by to be tested for HIV. They all seemed pretty happy to meet us as usual, and again loved when they learned our Ugandan names. They get so excited to here that. They tell us that when people yell mzungu or bzunugu at us we are to yell muganda, which is the name of the native people of central Uganda (where we stay). People are starting to know us by our African names. We were at church the other day and were introduced and so while we were walking by the school some girls started yelling Naku at Alicia. Vincent (the pastor) told us they remembered from church, I was sad they didn't’ remember my name but we’re going again this Sunday so I told them they have to remind them. Back to outreach. So we went back to where their clinic was stationed, which was basically just a tiny room, big enough to see one person at a time. They told us how the system was going to work and threw us into it. We would tie of their arm, draw the blood, give it to Edith to test, and then they would talk to Vincent (the pastor) for counseling and information where they could get meds and more counseling. For a while Alicia and I would test a few people and switch off, but it was just so crowded with everyone coming in and getting so hot Alicia decided that she wanted to just tie off the arm while I drew the blood. We ended up making a great team and made the system very efficient. I ended up getting really good at it. The bigger the people are the hardest to find and access a vein so that was a little difficult but I figured it out soon enough. It’s weird sitting there and everyone keeps says “Ugh oh, this one is fat!” (knowing it may take me a couple tries to get the vein). They have absolutely no problem with calling people fat here, it’s hard to get used to. Nobody minds, which is nice to see I guess. By the end I didn’t have trouble, even with the “fat” ones, I was so proud of myself. I loved doing all of it! We ended up testing 107 people and only 3 were tested positive!!!! Which was is amazing news!! It was one male and two females. When we met up with Eva this weekend and told her she was very surprised to here the number was so low. So the outreach went great! I can’t wait til we get to do it again. Ponny told us we’re probably get to do maybe one more before we leave. It makes me wonder if I would prefer nursing, I really enjoy being so hands on with the patients.