For some months the Vocational Training Centre has been waiting for the arrival of new computers donated from England – and this week 10 brand new PC’s arrived, along with a network and printer / scanner
It’s the end of term. The Vocational Training students went home this week, so last Sunday was a special thanksgiving service at the cathedral. Afterwards there was a celebration meal and dance.
Coming
It happened also to be a Harvest Festival. Here most people are peasant farmers, or have a plot of land so most of the gifts brought are produce they have grown.
Going.
We spent the week at Kisiizi Hospital, about 100 miles from Kisoro, where Malcolm was helping the Treasurer draft last year’s financial statements.
Coming
Irene’s excitement was for the first time to witness (as a spectator rather than a participator) the natural birth of a baby. This was one of the items on her ‘must do before I die’ list. The boy was born 8 weeks premature, weighed 2.1 kg, and had blue eyes – which changed to brown within a couple of hours – all black Africans have brown eyes.
Coming and Going
The other excitement the same day was the arrival of a helicopter to transport a patient (an army Colonel) who was going to a hospital in Kampala. Malcolm wasn’t too bothered when he heard the helicopter approach, but then he heard car horns and people running excitedly towards the landing site (the local primary school). It has been 12 years since a helicopter last came to Kisiizi, and some people had driven miles to see this one.
Not Going, yet – the earth mover that broke down outside the Cathedral last week is still there. It has left the 10 litres of oil that leaked out when it moved 20 yards!!! - that's only 8,800 litres per mile!!!!
This week's proverb from the BBC websie is from Uganda:
“Where there are no fools, there will be no wise men”
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