Saturday

We got off to a late start today, slept in a bit, and then headed out to have breakfast with the Bishop and his family. Bishop was outside, so we spent some time walking around the compound, examining the various vehicles and looking at future plans for land owned by the Diocese.

Breakfast was different this morning – chapatti and omelettes were served along with our porridge and tea. Both were delicious. Bishop told us the terrifying story of his abduction by the LRA (if you’re interested, the story might eventually get up at www.kitgum.org), and then he moved on to tell us the story of how he met his wife, Margaret. A Ugandan and a Brit arrived as he was talking, and we ended up staying for hours. Before we knew it, it was 4pm and lunch was just being served. We were kind of amazed that we had spent an entire day sitting on the same couch, listening to stories and hearing about the current state of the Diocese and the predicted signing of the peace agreement in Juba. Exciting stuff, but so much for our plans for the day.
Sometime during the afternoon, power came back on. After lunch, we rushed to the building where we had been training, hoping to catch one or two people for training. No one. I suppose you can’t expect too much on a Saturday, after all. Eventually, the Bishop came, followed by the website guy. Andy walked the Bishop through e-mail while I prepared the website guy to do final touches on the newsletter. Now he’s training the guy to set up the website. Dinner tonight will be late, our talks with the Bishop will be even later, and church in the morning starts at 7. Please pray for our sleep – it’s hot and the animals on the compound are noisy all night long.