December 4th, 5th and 6th (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday)
After leaving the Link bus terminal, we stopped at Joshua's sister's house to rest, eat breakfast and take a shower. It was nice to clean up a bit.
In the afternoon, we went to look for studio machines to buy because music production is Joshua's passion and ministry. He even produced a worship song (music and main chords) from scratch. He got his sisters and other family members to sing it as he recorded it. One of his sister's wrote some of the verses for it. It sounds really good! Even though it's in Luganda, I thought it was a popular Christian worship song when I first heard it. He also made a song that was aired on the radio in Uganda. All that using mostly just a computer. Just imagine what he could do with real music production equipment!
There are several times during my trip I meet people who have extreme talent despite their financial position or social status. For example, Joshua's twin brother is extremely good with software and computer programming/coding despite having very little access to computers to practice on. He even designed a clock app on the computer. Another person is good at electrical wiring and applied physics despite having no formal training in this area. It make me think. God doesn't just give one person or people group blessings. He doesn't just bless the socially elite with talent, knowledge, and wisdom. I think He might even grant more talent to people who have less.
Along with trying to find the right equipment, I also worked on opening my suitcase- for 5 to 6 hours. Let me explain. I locked my suitcase with a small combination padlock when I left it at Joshua's sister's house. I tried what I thought was my combination. Nothing. I tried other favorite numbers of mine. Nothing. At this time I was truly embarrassed. I had failed to write down my combination for security reasons.
I started trying every possible combination. All 1,000 of them. It took hours. Nothing. So it's NOT that I forgot my combination because mathematically there is only 1,000 possible combinations for a 3 number lock. I tried listening for clicks. Nothing. I tried picking the keyhole part of the lock. Nothing. In the end we cut the lock off with a dull saw. So sad to see a brand new lock die like that but after 2 whole days of messing with it I just wanted it off.
On Wednesday we planned to leave for Buwuni but I was feeling odd so we went to the clinic in Kampala, where the clinics are better. Oh. My. Word. That took forever! Something like 1pm to 7:30pm, about 6.5 hours, no lunch and I only ate a slice of bread in the morning. Waiting. Going in this line. Paying for a checkup. Waiting for the doctor. Waiting for testing. Waiting for lab results. Paying for treatment. Etc. My labs came back with Typhoid and Urinary tract infection. Yay me. The treatment was 5 days of injections IV. In the hand. Ouch!
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