A Little Ray of Sunshine

I left Mbarara on the morning of the 24rd. Hilda and Deborah came with me on the bus. Once we arrived in Kampala, we went to Mango hospital together to visit Anthon. It was really good to see him and his mother. He had surgery the day before but was still in good spirits. They removed the infected portions of bone and put an external fixator in (pins to stabilize the bone). He was on lots of antibiotics and pain medication but his mother told us that he was being strong. He had not cried for a single one of his injections. When I asked him how he was doing, he said that he was feeling much pain, but from the outside you never would have known it. What a courageous little boy! I hope he continues to do well.

Anthon, Me, his mother and Deborah:

My Last Day in Mbarara

My last day in Mbarara was actually spent in Masaska, buying goats. We did not return to Mbarara until 430 pm and then we got lost trying to find the place where we were to drop the goats off. It was starting to get dark, but I made one last visit to some of my favorite kids in the villages. I had some photos printed earlier and I gave these away to the kids. They were very happy to finally receive a hard copy of a picture after having many taken. I gave some other small gifts away and it was a really good night! I finished off the night by taking milk tea and casaava. It was a nice way to end the day.

Me and Elizabeth:
Me and Anthony:
Me and Fareed:
All the kids:
Me and Ida:
Meeka with his new shoes:

Buyin Goats

After my string of bad luck, things started to go well for me again. I had just a few days left in Uganda, and I thought I would make the most of them. What better way to spend ones time than buying goats! Exciting eh? Well, not really... On Tuesday (July22), we drove out to Kasesse, which is about 3 hours north west of Mbarara. The drive was beautiful considering we had to pass through Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Tea Plantations:

Lake Albert:

Kazinga Channel:

The equator:

When we arrived at the farm to purchase the goats, we were sadly disappointed. Although the animals looked good, there were some discrepancies with their records etc, so we decided not to buy any of the goats. The following day we travelled another 3 hours to Masaska (east of Mbarara) to visit a well-known dairy goat farm. We were impressed with the goats and bought 13! Our original plan was to shove all the goats in the back of our small SUV, but needless to say, we realized quite quickly that this plan was not going to work. Instead, we took 5 goats with us and arranged for the transport of the rest the following day. Luckily these were well behaved goats so the journey with them went well.