It's been touched

Yes it is hard to believe but Rotarian Robert from the Makindye Club was able to actually touch the container in Kampala. Sue has headed in (Friday morning) with a wad of cash hoping to get it on the way here today so our Rotarian Crew can get to work on it Saturday. Our contractor has the window and is set to install it - funding from the Makindye Club. Moses' school class is on board to come up and install the solar system and deal with the renovation of the electrical system. All we need is a 20 foot container to be parked on a sand lot out front!

I went back to the bank yesterday afternoon (5pm) and the lineup was only 5 people long so I got in and waited my turn. Since you have been reading this blog you realize that there cannot be a simple conclusion to this - The machine ran out of money at the person in front of me. Chris and I returned Friday morning and waited with 30 other people but we were successful.

The weather continues to be sunny and mid 30's all day and a cool high teens in the evening. Steve a friend of Maama Watali  who has helped us out over the past month came down with malaria yesterday. That makes 3 people we have known since our arrival who have contracted this disease. They cannot fight it on their own they must get to a doctor and get medication. Apparently if the medication works properly they begin to get better after 2 days. Unfortunately Uganda appears to be a dumping group for inferior products including medications. The local doctor has said that if he has North American medication it can be beat with 2 doses but the cheaper stuff takes significantly more time and if it doesn't do even a bit its off to hospital.

Theirs is a life of challenges that just keep coming but they are a happy lot overall