Today was another busy day, Pastor Frank, Quinton and I headed to a remote village on the border of Rwanda called Kavu. When I say right on the border, I mean literally; half was in Uganda and the other half was in Rwanda. We actually drove into Rwanda to turn around and come back. The road was a good test for our 4WD and some of the edges were straight down, Quinton commented there would be no rolling involved if we fell off; straight off the side till you hit the bottom. The village was set in some of the most beautiful scenery we had seen, though most places you go to off the main road are like that around this part of the world. At one time Pastor Frank commented that some people would only get into Kabale town (30 km away) once every ten years or so, and that there would be some who would have never been there. With a place as beautiful as this you can understand why.
We had travelled this way so that we could visit a lady from one of Pastor Frank’s branch churches about a boy that might be a candidate for Akanyijuka. Unfortunately it turned out that he did not meet the criteria, but the trip was worth it to see the beauty, countryside and people. Isaac, the boy we went to see, was actually in a situation of need and we would be able to give him a much better life than he is destined for. Which is what makes being here all the more difficult, there are so many people in need that even some who could greatly benefit from our help are actually a lot better off in life then the ones we actually do help.
On our return to town we picked up the uniforms and sweaters for the school, quickly ducked home to label the uniforms to make it to Akanyijuka by 3:30pm to celebrate Elisabeth’s birthday. She was turning 8 years old this year and was, as usual shy about having everyone sing and all the attention involved. This however did not hinder her from polishing off the remaining pieces of cake, about a quarter of it after everyone had eaten some. Here are a couple of photos of the celebration. 
After this we headed back out to the school rooms to present the children with their uniforms. They were all so excited to receive them, and even the teachers had trouble having some of them sit quietly to give them out. Here is a photo of them all after receiving their uniforms. I will post class photos next week some time.
Teacher Rogers had told them all to take their uniforms to the matrons and then come back for classes, most went home and hastily tried putting on their uniforms.
Thursday, I thought, was meant to be a relaxing day, I had said that I will do nothing at all. Quinton and I headed out to take Isaac for a short visit to the doctors and to buy a few groceries to prepare dinner as the Wards were coming over tonight. It ended that Quinton was at the doctors for ages, and I ended up running around town with Rogers in search of the Health Inspector to try and sort out a few issues with him. By the way I did not manage to catch up with him at all, though Rogers did later on. Quinton and I then went around with Pastor Edward and a local property broker searching for land. We actually found some reasonable plots, with one in particular being especially interesting. We do not know however how much they are asking, but there are a few things going on with several plots that may lead to us purchasing soon.
We finally made it back home around 2:30 pm, just in time for the girls to go to the ladies fellowship at Akanyijuka. Quinton then gave me a hand preparing dinner for tonight, and when the time came we as usual had a good time with the Wards. Both they and we are busy lately so there was much to talk about and keep the night going.
Friday was actually a bit slower, we have power and I had time in the morning to catch up on some emails and stuff, before heading to the drop-in centre for the first time in ages. It was great to see the boys and their excitement of all wearing some clothes that Phil had left behind for them. I organised for the car to be serviced and washed today, it always looks like someone else’s car after a wash, even if it is only for a day or two. I managed to do the Akanyijuka shopping also on foot while that was happening, never realised how heavy vegetables could be. While I was out in the afternoon Edward also came and took Quinton out to see a plot of land that he saw. It sounds like both of them are sold on it, the best of everything so far and with a more than reasonable price, it definitely sounds good.
