I can hardly believe I am saying this, but in one month we
will be back in CANADA, the GREAT white North!
The last 5 months have flown by and now we are preparing to say good bye
to this wonderful country, full of eager people and gorgeous landscapes. We
have been blessed to make so many new friends, honoured to have worked
alongside them and ever thankful for this opportunity to share our passions
with them.
Our January month end trip we went to visit Bushara Island
Camp, established by ACTS and the Church of Uganda as an ecotourism site about
15 years ago. The island is gorgeous
with its clean waters, hundreds of species of birds and quaint
accommodations. The restaurant served a
good variety of Ugandan and International dishes, so we got our fill of grilled
cheese, samosas and quesadillas. Andrew
and the boys spent the majority of the weekend relaxing with a beer in hand and
attempting stunts off of the rope swing.
Overall it was a great relaxing weekend to enjoy the unique beauty of Uganda. This month end trip we will visiting Winnie
at her home in Isingiro District; it is sure to be an interesting experience
for us considering none of her family speaks English. We’ll keep you posted!
February has been a rollercoaster of a month for us, leaving
a bittersweet taste in our mouth. In
November we met a widow named Melon who had lost her husband just one year
before when he was murdered over a land dispute. Miraculously she learned she was pregnant
with his child two weeks after he passed and gave birth to a beautiful little
girl. The baby got sick in December and
our team provided her transportation to get some help. Unfortunately, at the
beginning of this month we were informed that her sweet little miracle had
died. Please lift your thoughts and
prayers to this poor woman who has lost almost everything she has ever loved in
2 years. On the brighter side of things,
ACTS was able to help an adorable little girl that had fell in a fire the year
before and now had club hands due to the way they had bandaged her up. ACTS was able to send her to Kampala to get
surgery to separate her fingers so that she can use them once again…we are still waiting to hear the final word, but none the less, praise GOD!
As for my work, we have been busy little bees the last
month. With our time here drawing to a
close, there are a lot of projects that we need to clean up and prepare for the
next interns that will arrive this fall.
Our Ugandan work team is hard at work building the reservoir tanks and
laying the pipeline in Ngomba. As well,
the construction of the tanks on the Kishami project is now underway, with the
second phase of pipeline ready to begin.
Our engineering team has had the opportunity to work and live in the
Ibanda District the last 2 weeks, to design a gravity flow system to serve the
Nsasi Sub-County. We are currently
staying in a guest house with great food, friendly staff and most importantly,
HIGH SPEED internet ;) Andrew, Winnie
and Theo joined us and have been enjoying the accessibility to cartoons and
cold sodas. Our rooms are basic with
chairs, table and a bed, not to mention a shit-shower-&-shave
bathroom. That’s right, you heard me
correctly…our bathroom is the shower, so well you’re on the john you can wash
your hair and pluck those unsightly nose hairs!
We want to say thank you to all of you that have continued
to follow and support us along this journey.
Your prayers, comments and mail have been a blessing to us; they
encourage us to continue with our work and inspire us to show God’s great love
to this world.
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| Jumping into Lake Bunyoni |
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| A dug out canoe on Lake Bunyoni (Bushara Island) |
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| A great afternoon on the water |
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| The left hand was still functional |
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| The right hand was the worse |
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| Our new source that can feed over 20,000 thirsty people |
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| Let's play "Where's the Muzungu?" We had the privilege of speaking at this school's assembly. |
~M
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