Unavailable - 21/04

I leave for Burundi in just 2 hours. This trip is for the master planning phase of Kibuye Hope Hospital. There have been some difficulties getting hospital leadership to be present in the week and a half we will be there since the top dog passed away. There is a link to a blog written about him which is an interesting read because he was named as the 5th most influential person in Burundi.I shall be back on Thursday the 2nd of May and during the trip I shall have not access to Internet or phone.

Community - 14/04

Last weekend saw us interns spending all of Saturday with our guard's (Ali) family, and the joy on his face, the excitement of his neighbors, the unlimited food supply was testimony to the honor we had bestowed upon them in a simple visit. The following day we visited visited Monica who shared tea with us in the evening on a roof top. Accompanying the tea was a salad of tropical fruit, enough food and peanut butter for an army, and the joyous announcement that she was to be engaged and needed her family's (our ) approval. This week I have pulling long days at the office so that our report is finally ready for print there are 46 pages in the report, 18 pages of drawings, and who knows how many pages int eh Appendix. The PHOTO below shows Ali and a few of us interns waiting for lunch.

Holidays - 05/04

The last two weeks have been 3 day weeks at the office. The first four day weekend was the Intern weekend away which is when 9 of us interns went on a two day Safari and to a local rural village. The second four day weekend was Easter weekend and I spent time relaxing at an out door pool, a day of feasting and games, and many occasions acknowledging what Christ did for us more than 2000 years ago. The deadline for the Kibuye Hope Hospital infrastructure assessment is next week, so with many late nights and early starts I have maintained two 36 hour weeks at the office. The photograph below shows intern Paul and the Doors House boys skinning our sheep for Easter festivities.