A Post about Nothing

Well, we have hit another one of those spells where there is really nothing happening so it is hard to come up with anything interesting to write about.
Greg continues to work with the maintenance team, equipping them and preparing them for when we will be gone back to Canada. A maintenance supervisor was recently hired so Greg has handed over much of the daily supervision and day-to-day operations to him. He is a very capable young man who will do well in that position and continue to keep the maintenance department on track. It is very rewarding to see how far this team has come in the time we have been here. Building into the lives of people and watching them grow is such an amazing privilege. Even though we are starting to get a little home sick, we continue to count our blessings for the amazing experience we are having here.
Lorenda continues to work with the staff at the three Watoto guesthouses. In the beginning she was writing an operational manual- it described more of where we want to be by December rather than where we were at that time. The staff has been very receptive to the teaching regarding safe food handling techniques, cleaning procedures and building security.
The one thing that Ugandan women are not willing to change is the way they bend. Throughout Africa, they bend from the waist- they have amazing flexibility, but bending in that way with straight legs (or even sometimes hyperextended knees) is so hard on their backs. These are very young women with very sore backs! Lorenda has tried repeatedly to tell them and model for them using their leg muscles (largest muscle group in the body) is so much better than using the little, tiny muscles in your back. It is a hard sell, but it will be one of the challenges for the remainder of our time here.