Back in Kabale

We have now been back in Kabale for a few weeks now and are settling back into life here. It has been lovely to see everyone again and get back into life. Teaching at the NTC and Kabale University have begun. It was clear once we got back, that it hadn't been easy for Emmy to continue things with the project while we were away. They did manage to continue the construction of springs, which was encouraging and about 15 were built or repaired.

Working with the agricultural project proved to be much harder though. Prices have drastically increased here while we were away, so the cost of transporting cabbages has become pretty prohibitive. On top of that a number of members showed they were not going to be cooperative while we were away, leaving all the work on the shoulders of a few people. So we've been trying to discuss ways forward and soon will have a meeting with all the members. We will be looking to continue with just the ones that have proved cooperative and seek more profitable things to grow - probably potatoes for seeds.

Emmy has now started in the council. This has allowed us to meet with 7 local councillors from other sub counties to begin the process of expanding the work we do with water. Yesterday Craig spent the day with one of these councillors in his sub county looking at 10 springs we will work on. Over the coming months we intend to work on 10 springs in each of the sub counties. We are still seeking support from the district, but this is not proving easy, with lots of politics to be negotiated!

Claudia was really pleased that her sunday school curriculum has been used while we were away and she has already carried out some training while we've been back. She has also picked up some of her training work at Rugarama Hospital.It was nice for us both to have the chance to speak at the NTC chapel last Sunday as we said goodbye to the primary school teachers who had come for upgrading.

Craig's health is OK, but his chest is suffering a bit with the altitude here and the return to teaching. Trying to take it a bit slowly at the start. We are both looking forward to the children returning to school next week after they have just had another 3 weeks off after the long holiday in the UK!
Otherwise we are all fine and coping again with the more frequent power cuts! Craig has an exam for his masters course in October, so please pray for him as he prepares and meets essay deadlines.