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We have been using the well for about 3 months now. The well diggers dug it 15 feet deeper. It produces about 4,000 liters in one pumping. 12 hours later it can produce another 4,000 liters. Yet, I believe those numbers are a bit high. Every day before we pump, we lower the 50 lb.Continue reading “The Saga of the Well: Part 5”

Last Wednesday night I get a call from my colleague Richard, who has been working night and day. He is in the eLearning centre when I arrive in the morning and when I go home in the evening. He calls me to tell me to arrive to work by 7:30am the next morning because weContinue reading “A Day in the Life”

After the threat of danger and the heightened adrenaline wore off, I eventually decided doing nothing is better than doing all kinds of things to prevent the inevitable. The few things I could do to save myself and the well: (1) Don’t leave the pump in the well overnight. (2) Don’t go out of theContinue reading “The Saga of the Digging of a Well: Part 4”

I just happened to browse my photos from a year ago and happened on this gem. Glory wrote me a note one day, some time before we travelled to Uganda. It says, To Mommy. I know that you have a very difficulties to getting to Uganda. I wish me Gracie and you could go soonerContinue reading “A Sweet Note”

After a month of digging and after the pump was installed, I’m ready to call this project finished. I hoped to take photos and tell all my facebook friends of what has been accomplished. But something is strangely missing. As projects go, in Uganda this one seemed relatively drama free! …and I would like toContinue reading “The Saga of the Digging of a Well: Part 3, The Drama!”

A few months ago my husband decided it might be somewhat profitable to start a nursery. He has been germinating plants and trees since then. However, in order to successfully run a nursery, one needs a very reliable water source and the rainwater collection tank we have simply will not last during the dry season.Continue reading “The Saga of the Digging of a Well: Part 2”

Fifteen years ago, Stephen was working in US and sent $5000 to Uganda to pay for a well to be dug on his property. So, a bore-hole well was dug. As the story goes, the surveyor came and pinpointed the optimal spot to drill for water. Later a drilling rig arrived on the property toContinue reading “The Saga of the Digging of a Well: Part 1”

I’m especially grateful for the recent rains. Everything we have planted is growing. This is the biggest effort we have put toward planting a variety of vegetables and melons. The trees are bursting with fruits, except for the mango trees that have a problem. We’ve also planted a variety of flowers and shrubs and haveContinue reading “This Lovely Mess”

So, there is this little family that lives at the end of the road: a mom, and three boys. We know the boys because they come to play with Gracie and Glory. The oldest, Joshua, is a responsible calm older boy. The next younger is Fefa, who is about 8 yrs. old and he isContinue reading “A charmed childhood.”

New member of the family. 🙄 Today, I came home from work and exuberant children ran at me as I walked in from the road: my two and the other three boys from the neighborhood that had come to play. “Mommy, mommy! We caught a bird.” “It is our new family member.” “Fefa caught itContinue reading “New member of the family.”