On Friday I got a whole tour of the hospital. There x-ray machine is ancient. They just got an ultrasound machine but it is an older one. On the day they were still out of gloves and they were out of gauze. How can a hospital function with out gauze or gloves? There sterile room for prepping for surgery doesn’t really look sterile at all. The line for children to get there immunization shots was way out of the door. I couldn’t believe how many moms were sitting there wait with there baby. As you can imagine basically they need everything. All there equipment is old an out dated. There biggest need from what I see is another ambulance. And a deliberator. They do not own one. I think I saw one heart monitor in the entire hospital. The hospital here needs so much work. They had to move out of one of the buildings because they condemmed it. It looks like it is going to fall and crumble. Life is tough here whether you are in the hospital or if you are working in the hospital. There are very few workers there. I’m guessing they have about 150 beds there. There laundry is done mainly by hand. They have one washing machine which is just an old house hold one. Definitely not an industrial one.

I did see the child that had malaria. He survived and is doing well. You can imagine the parents were very happy. I was quit happy as well.

In the village here in Namiungo I visited the oldest woman, She is over 80 yrs old. But she has lost track. She is a sweet old lady. Lives in a tiny house maybe 8ft by 6ft. Basically there is just a bed an that is it. I couldn’t understand everything she was saying but she was very happy to see me. Matthew the guy who works for the UN told me a I had to see her and gave me money to give here. I think I gave her about 16,000 shilling which is about $10.00 usd. She shed a tear because she said she has been hungry for the past few days. She doesn’t here to well or can see to well but she was able to walk a little.

Today Fr Ponder and I went to Mindu. It is one of the oldest villages in the area. Fr Ponder said mass there. It was a small mud and brick building with a tin roof. I think about 15 people came. It was quaint and special in its very rural way. I enjoy watching the people dance as they sing. They have Rhythm I tell you. They woman like to make a loud shrill sound with there voice. I have never heard anything like it.

We also had a soccer match. We played the Namiungo team. The field had some grass a foot high, some dirt, some sand, and it was not level by any means. The soccer goals were basically made of three trees. The two on each side and one laying across which is sagging down. It was the most challenging field I have ever played on because there was no consistency of the ground. We lost 3-2.  

The weather has cooled down here. It is very nice weather here. We have oranges about every meal. The oranges here are green and there is a lot of them. Infact most people eat I would say about 4 oranges at each meal. The inside color of the orange is more of a yellowish orange color. And I haven’t figured out which ones are really good and which ones are just ok.