We headed off early Monday morning for a usual rushed time in Kampala, we only head there when absolutely necessary or if someone needs us to pick them up. We travelled for the purpose of picking up three Canadians that are in Kabale for six months to volunteer with VCCS (our covering NGO). As always it will be good having some like minded westerners around. We were also going with Ben and Eddie Ward, as Eddie was heading back to England for a five week holiday. This is a small wrap up of events of our ever enjoyable week.
Monday – we set off at 8 am to drive to Kampala, arriving around 4 pm, then we rush off to find Kathryn’s hairdresser so we can make an appointment, of course the phone number we got last time does not work anymore, and then back to Esther Lawson’s place for some cheap accommodation. We head straight out after showers to have a farewell dinner with Eddie, his flight was around 4 am, luckily we weren’t needed for that one.
Tuesday – I left Kathryn at Esther’s place and headed for the day at the mechanics, we usually get things done to the car in Kampala as parts are not available in Kabale. I was there all day, I remember leaving and calling Kathryn at 9:25 pm. The air-conditioner was not working and we had to get it fixed in Kampala, and the fellow that the mechanic got in caused us a lot of headaches, and it was still not fixed.
Wednesday – we left at 6:30 am for the airport to pick up our visitors – Tyler, Michelle and their 2 year old son Jeremiah. We were only given a time as details for their flight and we arrived and found a BA flight at that time, we started to worry a little when no couple with a child came out for ages and most people had come out. Finally they came, and we discovered that someone had taken the wrong acoustic guitar and that our friends were left to try and organise getting it back. We headed to the hotel for a rest, and then straight out for lunch and some shopping for household items not easily available in Kabale. In the afternoon Kathryn had her hair cut, then it was back to the mechanics. Fortunately Tyler got his guitar back while I was at the mechanics, but unfortunately tonight was another late one, the air-con guys took ages/hours to show up again. I finally left at 10:15, but at least the ac was fixed.
Thursday – an 8 am departure for the long drive home. Unfortunately the ride was too much for little Jeremiah and we had a few sick stops on the way, but we made it by around 5 pm, with a welcome dinner at Pastor Edward and Peace’s place. We finally made it home, it was fantastic to have a shower and crash in our own bed.
Friday we went with the visitors to Akanyijuka and the Drop-In Centre and then showed them our land etc. Here are a couple of pictures of them with the Akanyijuka children.
As usual the children were happy to receive new visitors
