Joeline had asked if I was willing to drive her to White Angels Primary School on the road to Bbira to pick up Milika and Mark, who board there during the term.
Just prior to Joeline dropping into St Paul's house she received a phone call to say that Annette, Peter's sister, had been involved in a car accident. Apparently the driver had swerved quickly to avoid a head-on crash, but in so doing tipped the car onto its side. Annette lost a lot of skin and broke her arm and possibly her wrist.
We drove into Mengo Hospital and walked to the Emergency Ward where we found Annette and her husband - and a group of nurses and doctors trying to work out what to do - meanwhile Annette was screaming from the pain.
The medical team worked with basic supplies and in humble surrounds. Interestingly there was a church service taking place throughout this time so we had 'Hillsong' as background music. Before we left to pick up Milika and Mark I prayed with Annette and the doctors.
White Angel day and boarding primary school is set about a 5 minute slow drive off Bbira Road. The school is quite large. Every classroom has inspirational words stuck above their front window. Every class was FULL of colour and text - words an posters were plastered on all walls. The rooms were warm and inviting and Well set out. Class sizes seemed very reasonable.
As it was pick up day for boarders, every man and his dog were waiting to speak to their child's teacher before taking their child home.
After Joeline spoke to the respective teachers, we picked up their clothes and hit the road for Kyampisi.
On arrival at Kyampisi we were greeted with the final sections of the service. While Pastor Kevin asked me to say a few quick words of encouragement I missed out on preaching from the Word as we were about 75 minutes late.
After a few quick 'hellos' we drove back to Joeline's for lunch. After lunch I drove out to Mukono to the Christian University.
On arrival I was met by Grace from registrations. Following a lovely traditional dinner with all the usual suspects, we enjoyed an Official Welcome and Keynote Address. One of the speakers was the current Minister for Finance who spoke on behalf of the First Lady. What she said was outstanding.
As I wanted to take the KCM ute to the Hotel, I drove behind the University bus to the African Village where we're staying for the week. The journey out to the accommodation took about 30 minutes. The bus driver must have been late for something because he drove VERY quickly. I almost couldn't keep up with him!
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