Saturday 21^st November

On Wednesday we spent the day with John Marabyo visiting a primary school in Bwera and also spending time in Kasese. We ended up telling the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and the fiery furnace no less than 4 times during the day. John also showed us a plot he has bought on the outskirts of Bwera but very close to the Congo border where he hopes to establish a clinic where people from the Congo can be treated without officially having to cross the border which costs UgSh 5000.

The site of John's proposed clinic 

He also showed us a small drug shop he has set up during the last month.

The drug shop

Many useful products are sold including Good Morning lung tonic for those days when it just seems too difficult to get out of bed!!

Just what you need for cold November mornings!

 

Unfortunately John had an accident the following in the vehicle we travelled in when he hit a cow which had wandered onto the road but fortunately no one was injured although the car is considerably the worse for wear.

We have continued to do puppet shows each afternoon this week. They have proved so popular the puppets, Mama Betty, Betty and Sister Harriet, will be left here to be used after we have gone to continue to give health education to the children and their mothers on the paediatric ward.

Today saw the invasion by 14 bishops from Western Uganda. They had been having a retreat in Kasese and used the opportunity to visit Kagando. Torrential rain delayed their arrival by two hours but eventually their Land Cruiser cavalcade was serenaded into Kagando by the local Boys Brigade (including girls) band.

The band in full cry

Ahead of all the land Cruisers!

They spent their time in an official welcome but then visited the wards to pray with patients before having a substantial lunch. We ended up chatting to one of them who was retired and he had been at Cambridge as a mature student at Fitzwilliam College from 1974 to 1977 overlapping with us for 2 years.

What is the collective name for a group of Bishops?

 

On our walk this evening after the official proceedings of the day were completed we came across the newest vehicle to be added to the local ambulance service courtesy of Save the Children,

The new ambulance

Our local take away where we get chapattis most days