Uganda Three

December 7, 2006 - Thursday

Uganda Three It seems I will have access to the internet quite often as at the moment there is not a lot I can do. The container is having trouble getting cleared from the dock, it could all be solved very easily with a "give of appreciation" or a "bribe". It seems that the customs officers are making up new reasons and fees to hold the container for as long as they can. All the excuses they give are completely and quite obviously false. Its getting quite frustrating in this area, it is the culture of the Country that bribes are common in 90% of transactions and even more so when "rich white boy" comes with the director to clear the container. Please pray that this will be cleared up as soon as possible, I really want to get started on the computers stuff. On a lighter note I am still having a great time exploring around the area, I have met many of the people near by and a ton of kids. It seems that although English is an official language not many people can actually speak it very well at all. It is easier to communicate to people in the CBD as they are more likely to be a little more educated. There are some amazing extremes of humanity here. There is the wealthy guys who can afford cars on the BMW side of things and then there is the dirty, legless begger on the street getting a few cents a day. It is hard to explain the demeanor of the people here, a lot of them seem sad as they go about the day to day things, I'll understand more as stay here. Here are some new friends I've made, the two boys below come and give me high fives as soon as they see me now. They speak no English so communicating is a bit hard, but they are quite hilarious when they play. Here is another friend I met recently in the house, I killed him… He wasn't a good friend… One odd thing that happens is that since the Government takes all the taxes and put them in their own pockets, there is no rubbish collection. So whatever rubbish you do have whether it be glass, plastic, clothes or pineapple it must be burnt… which I quite enjoy by the way… so no issues here… We still have no power in the house so candles are all the rage, unfortunately I'm somewhat of a fire bug and we go through them rather quickly… that's it for now… Pray for Container Heartburn Orphans Uganda James