Hello everyone.Sorry it has been so long since my last email. A lot has been goingon since last we talked (especially long power outages). It is sofunny thinking about how my viewpoint on electricity is that it is anecessity as well as a regularity. However, being here has helped merealize that electricity is a privilege and we need to be verygrateful we have it and have running consistently. Most of the powersupplied to this area is from the Nile. Must like in the states, theywill dam up big rivers and put turbines in the dam. When the waterruns through the dam and spins the turbine you get energy and a lot ofit (just in case there some of you get excited about that kind ofstuff). Anyway, to save power here in Uganda, the government decidesto have controlled outages resulting in no power for 24 hours or, inour case last week, longer.I have forgotten whether or not I told everyone about Rwanda. I amgoing to assume I did. If I was mistaken let me know and I will giveyou some highlights.After the hard work from Rwanda (well over 40 hours in a week), theinterns were allowed a short but worthwhile break. We decided to gojust outside of Mbale to Sipi Falls. If there are any James Bond fansout there, Mbale was in one of the opening scenes in Casino Royale.Sadly to say, Mbale is nothing like that; however, we did see someindependent fighters.Sipi Falls was incredible. There were three waterfalls within a mileof each other and each waterfall was approximately 60 meters or more(60 meters = approx. 198 feet). I have pictures to show thatdescribes the trip in more detail but for short we experienced tons ofbats (in caves and in the trees), monkeys, birds, jungle, hills, andmuch more. I am sure any outdoor enthusiasts (Aunt Jeannine and UncleMitch) would love the area. We also got to swim in one of the poolsfrom the waterfall. We got in on video. SWEET!!!The bus rides to and from Mbale were a tale on their own. Sadlyenough there was no cheap and cheesy African movie - these buses werelike the ones you have heard about. A buddy of mine had to sit abovea duck. Every time he moved his feet he got his heels nibbled on.About one in ten people would bring aboard some chickens. Thesechickens had their feet tied but that did not mean they would be tame. We witnessed people getting smacked in the face and clawed. If a busholds 40 people, you better believe Africans will make it 60. On theway home I spent the whole time with my knee in a fat man's belly. Hekept asking me "Who do you cheer outside of Uganda?" For those of youthat are confused by this, so was I. I finally realized he was askingme about my favorite futbol team. Anyway, bus rides are always athrill.Coming back to the office we wasted no time. Back to work full swingto get things finalized for our theological college design. So fromhere on out it will be long hours working but it is so worth it.Working in this environment is great and everyone is so encouraging.It makes working late not seem so bad.I am still loving Uganda. I am not excited knowing I will be leavingin under a month but I am excited about getting back to family andfriends. Okay everyone. I am off to eat and then bed.

Sleep well

John

ps - sorry for the length of the email, I hope you made it all the way through