Friday, October 12, 2012

Oct 7 - St. Marks... Liturgy with an Africian flair


Sunday:  Went to the local Anglican church, St. Mark.  Anglican is the church of Uganda, also known as Episcopal in the US.  Here it is a very alive church, a mix of Anglican liturgy and African enthusiasm.  Lots of singing and prayer.  The pastor is great and puts a lot of humor in his sermon.  The services last 2 ½ to 3 hours.  Fortunately for us the early service is in English.  The later one was in Karamajong.  We did more surgery in the afternoon, about 13.  We are getting really good as shaving with a scalpel blade as there is no electricity for clippers.  Andy is becoming a fine surgical assistant.  He helps Julie put in catheters and prep for surgery while Liz cuts and sutures.  We finished at 7:30.  What was that we said about not working after dark????  There was a bit of a breeze so the bugs weren’t so bad.

Val is not coming today as the bus she took to Kenya broke down on the road for 11 hours and she did not arrive in time to buy auto parts.  Will have to wait till Monday and hopefully come to Karamoja on Tuesday.

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