The project will serve two purposes:
1) To upgrade the power in the building so the organization can enjoy more stable power (something we take for granted in North America) and the organization can stop losing expensive equipment due to poor power supply.
2) The facilities team members will be working alongside the Canadian team members as this project is completed. It is going to be a great learning experience for the facilities team (and for the Canadian team, as they see how things are done differently here in Uganda). Ugandan schooling for the trades is very different than it is in Canada- there are no hands on experiences and no apprenticeship where one can learn from an experienced journeyman. This project is going to be like a "mini apprenticeship" for the team members and will give them more knowledge, more experience and more confidence.
Building into people- that's what our ministry is and always has been about. If you read our blog from our time here in 2013, you will see that theme presented repeatedly. We love people and we want to build into people. We are so thankful that God has given us the opportunity to do that.
So...back to our present trip. One of the main reasons that we needed to make this trip was for Greg to assess what needed to be done, particularly what needs to be done by the facilities team before the Canadian team hits the ground. Greg and Ed have been doing some preliminary work in that area and have had some discussion about it. However yesterday was the day they did the crawling around in the attic to determine what really needs to be done. I'm not sure what all they found but here is what the process looked like. I'm glad it was them and not me!
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| Ed crawling about in the attic while Jonathan pops up like a gopher to see what is going on! Greg is up there too- he is the one taking the picture. |
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