Basement

So rainy season is in full effect. It has rained every day for the last 10 days. Each day we get about an inch. It begins around 2 or 3 pm without fail and thus ruins the work day for the most part. This has shifter our priorities slightly as the basement for our office hut is better off dry than wet.

Basement Floor

We have made significant progress. The 17 by 10 foot basement is over 8 feet deep and was excavated by the workers with hand tools. It took hours and hours under the blazing African sun. After leveling the floor we poured the concrete subfloor. Concrete is cement with gravel. Among the wealth of resources in Uganda gravel is not found, rather it is made with hammer and chisel out of large stones and is generally much larger than specified. Construction in the industrialized work is so vastly different.

Basement with walls almost complete

So we have begun building the walls of the basement and next week we should be pouring the ceiling (floor for the hut). They are exciting times as we are not only building the only basement withing 20 miles but across the property we are erecting the Largest Building (The Health Center) within at least 10 miles. The village has great things ahead of them that would not be possible without your partnering, and they are deeply grateful for that.

My Three month visa is due to expire and I am on leave to Rwanda for a bit of sight seeing and to renew the Visa upon re-entry to Uganda. Please pray for my safe travel and stay in Rwanda.
Thank you so much for your prayers for health. Since the last post I have been diagnosed and cured of Malaria. It was not as bad as people make it out to be (when you have a whole army of people praying for your well being). So thank you, and thank God.