Last Saturday we sent hours and hours washing all our clothes because we knew that we would need enough clothes to last us all week. It is very offensive to hang out any socks or knickers where people can see them, so we have a little washing line that hangs just below our fence. On Saturday we also found out that the puppies have learnt to jump. A low washing line + jumping puppies = 2 pairs of eaten knickers. Wonderful.
Our trip to Kigali was.. Interesting! As we were crossing the border into Rwanda we had a number of marriage proposals from the border officials. Unfortunately, I was left alone to sort out the car insurance and the border official decided that we were definitely going to get married. Thankfully, Jenny, Ruth and Hannah arrived just at the right time just as he was telling me to “get in the hut” with him. Whilst we were in the city, we went to the supermarket 6 times in 2 days. Mainly because it was so amazing to walk down aisles and see exotic things like hair conditioner, couscous and brown bread. Whilst we were not in the supermarket, we were sitting the the coffee shop next to the supermarket, reading Ugandan newspapers (I searched and searched for Glamour and Vogue magazine, but no luck..)
On Thursday we traveled to Lake Binyonyi near Kabale for another 2 day holiday. We arrived at the lake and caught a boat out to an Island where we were shown to our cottage. The cottage didn't have running water or electricity, but compared to our mouldy little house back at Potter's Village it was luxury! Even the long drop had a seat... amazing! I was even more excited about swimming in the lake than Jojo – and that is saying something!
The weekend was spent packing up all out belongings in preparation for moving down the the house parents house. Our house was so mouldy even the concrete floor had mould growing out of it! We are now all moved in to the new house and Ruth and I don't really know what to do with ourselves! We have an indoor kitchen and toilet, tiled floors, and a wardrobe! We have just finished decorating our walls with photos and cards. Half of the wall in the living room is covered with letters from the Sunday School children back at home (Thanks Lynn!)
Today, Jenny phoned us in the morning to say that a premature baby was ready to come out of the hospital and that we needed to go and fetch him. Baby D's mum died from typhoid, and baby D weighed only 1.7kg when he was born 2 weeks ago. He hadn't put on any weight and on the journey home I realized that he was very cold. We arrived at Potters Village, when his temperature was 33.3 degrees. We fed him and tried piling on blankets, but he still didn't seem to get any warmer. So for the rest of the afternoon I had a hypothermic, hypoglycemic, 3lb baby down my top with 10 other blankets wrapped round us! I was absolutely boiling with all the wrapped round me and a little body strapped to my chest, but it is what the little boy needed and his temperature soon started to rise. He is now up at Jenny's but hopefully she will bring him down again tomorrow so that I can look after him!
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