In the Dark

Well it has been a few days since we last posted anything.
On Thursday our power went out in the afternoon and the laptop had very little charge (like 7%) so I thought I would blog on Friday morning on the way to Gulu. Plugged the computer in before we went to bed, but the power never came back on through the night.
OK- we'll charge the computer once we get to Gulu, but our internet doesn't work there so we will have to wait until we get back to Kampala to post. We arrived in Gulu at noon Friday and all of Gulu town (yep- Gulu "town" with 1 million people) was without power.
We had a good, productive time in Gulu as Greg did some prep work for the new church tent that will be put up there. Lorenda spent time doing training with the guesthouse staff and learning more about how the Gulu guesthouse runs.
We started back to Kampala on Saturday morning and arrived after about seven hours. We no longer look at a map and say "330 kms- we'll be there in 3 hours". No, no, no- Uganda roads mean that you need to at least double the time that you would expect it to take. And Gulu highway- there really are no words that could describe it adequately.
When we arrived home, our power had been restored, but everything in our fridge needed to be discarded since the power was out for such a long time.
Tonight I sit here again, in the dark, typing this blog for you.
There are many things that we will not take for granted when we return home- one of them is definitely having good, reliable power. Next time you see a SaskPower employee, give them a big hug!