On Sunday we revisited Mabungo Parish Church. In the past year they have moved into their new building. As is the custom they have moved in as soon as the roof is on, and are collecting more money to finish the floor, plastering, doors and windows.
During the 3 hour service various choirs sang, including the Sunday School and the ladies choir which included some energetic dancing – such a good idea to take back to our Chesham Church!!!!
We have also been energetic. On Tuesday we looked after Jenny’s son, Jojo. We thought we would visit the nearest National Park, Mgahinga. Although only about 9 miles away it too about an hour to drive as the mud road was very rocky and almost washed away in places. On occasions the Park is home to a family of mountain gorillas. However, at the time of our visit they had moved across the border to the Congo. In any case it costs about £300 per person to trek to find them. Although we saw the ‘spores’ of a buffalo and an elephant, the only wild creature we saw from the viewing platform was one we had taken with us. Just as well the guides had a rifle to scare off anything dangerous!
Whilst having lunch there we met a Swedish Engineer (Hamak? – or usually known as Williams) who is helping design and build schools near the Park and Kabale. We visited the site to find that he is using tested Swedish technology and local materials to build wooden schools on concrete ‘stilts’. His disappointment was that the locals had ‘clad’ the buildings in his absence, and had forgotten boarding to keep out the wind and rain.
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