In Which I Return TO THe Mountains On Some Unfinished Business And Hike Longer Than Expected

July 30^th-July 31^st: Thursday-Saturday

Thursday we went back to finish the immunization because last Saturday we ran out of cards for the children. We left early a little after 7:00. Jim, Johan, Peter, Mark, Rebecca, Logiel Mark, J.B. and myself. Poor Jim; his voice is almost completely gone. It’s kinda funny but also hard for him. We got to Namorapus around 10:00 and had to wait around for about an hour until everyone started showing up. We didn’t have as many kids and women but we didn’t run out of anything which is good. After we finished around 1:30 and decided to hike to Namalu and then back to the compound. Basically the compound. Namorapus and Namalu form a triangle and in theory the longer side is between Namorapus and the compound. We ate lunch and hiked to Namalu and then followed the road for a bit and cut across the hills and arrived aback around 6:00. My fee hurt.

That evening we ate at the Wrights and celebrated Anna’s 14^th birthday. Great cake. Anna made dinner and the cake. Headed back to our compound and made buns for tomorrow night. I want to have hamburgers and we have nearly 5 pounds of ground beef so I think we can do it. Was up late making bread and talking to Jim.

Friday Craig and Kris left around 10:00 for Mbale on a propane run. Peter and Mark went to the clinic and put the finishing coats of paint on the bandas there. I stayed around here and helped Bob Wright fix the Land Rover and the Okkens' car. Now we can go to Sipi this weekend since all the cars are working. Then John Bacon the Wrights teacher and James and I re-dug the trench that the power cord was in for the pump. After lunch we put conduit on the wires, taped it up, and reburied it. Then James and I got out the ground pounder and pounded down all the ground we had dug up. We also ran it over the entire bache ball court. Then Pete and I moved some cement squares into the courtyard of the Wrights house as stepping stones and Bobby and I did some math.

That evening we made hamburgers. We borrowed some avocados from the Eldeens and Jim made guacamole. Then we sliced onions and tomatoes to go on top. We fixed the meat. Jim used a recipe where you add eggs and flour to help keep it together. It tasted delicious. Finally ate around 8:30 but it was worth the wait.