Thursday

This morning started in a relaxed manner. 0830 breakfast of fruit, porridge, omelettes and toast plus the normal selection of drinks - coffee, ginger water and African tea.

Being Liberation Day, the majority of people were attending or watching the military parades held in towns and cities across the country during the morning. This meant that there wasn’t the usual hustle and bustle of morning traffic and people going to work and to the market. However it didn’t stop the road works being done just outside the diocesan centre which start at around 0600!

After breakfast we went out for a walk up to the local hotel to check out the prices in the restaurant, just in case we fancy an alternative eatery! The prices were acceptable, though we didn’t see or taste the food so, wathc this space.

We then walked a further mile or so down the main road and up to King Solomon Academy, just so that those who are visiting later in the week know where it is. Being a national holiday, the school was closed, so no contact with children just yet!

In the afternoon we had a series of meetings with Bishop Emmanuel and our co-worker Placide. We talked about our Ubushuti project, the SAP programme as well as the Water-Harvesting Projects. Lots of good honest and open discussion was had, some very useful ideas and suggestions put forward and in the coming few days we hope to make progress in each area. Please pray for us to do this.

After four hours of talking and listening, it was time to stop to have some supper. Fish and chips - plus vegetables.

Tomorrow we are off to visit two of our SAP-linked parishes. Manyagiro and Ruyange, both of which have DT Water-Harvesting Projects.

Thanks for reading and good-night.