Patience is a Virtue!

James 5:8 “Be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.”

This week, we feel that this verse is very fitting as we get to grips with life in Uganda once again, and for 2 reasons:

1. Firstly it is fitting, as one of the paramount virtues that one must possess in Uganda is patience.
2. Secondly, a number of times in this 3 weeks, one, or both of us, have found ourselves wondering whether in fact we may see the return of the Lord before we actually manage to: 

• Tuck into the starter we ordered about 5 years earlier from the lovely, albeit rather sloth-like waitress;
• Find the elusive electrician who is always going to be there in 1 hour - (5 days, and many phone calls later, he’s still just an hour away from arriving!);
• Get our visa sorted - of course, although the office should be open every day, so far it has only been open once, and of course the man was far too busy with the very important task of testing the comfort of his chair whilst picking his teeth to help us on that day!
• Setting up our Ugandan Bank account and receiving our bank cards - 4 days of waiting for our account to be registered was followed by 2 hours of waiting at the bank card window, only to then be informed that the machine was a "bit slow," and then another hour later, (after some pushing on Tim’s part), the admission that the machine was actually broken! 5 days later, after trying each day, and another hours wait and our bankcards did, astonishingly, beat the return of the Lord! Hallelujah!!

He’s coming soon people – be ready!!!

Team Crow Are On The R.O.L!!

We are sitting in our house in Bwala, Masaka, reflecting on a busy first 2 weeks, much of which has been taken up with sorting out the house and scrubbing away layers of filth that have doubtless been here for many years! Tim has done some expert DIY (no sarcasm here!) and has managed to blow a few things up, while Sarah cheerily proceeded to nearly burn the house down by leaving electric hobs on whilst the cooker was directly under the wooden kitchen work surface!

Other than that, here are some of the stand out moments so far:

Being clamped on our second day whilst borrowing our friend’s car;


Sarah being attacked by a bat, then accidently half squashing it, and then making Tim dispatch it brutally with a door stop whilst it made traumatising squeaking sounds;

The White Eagle boys putting on a welcome home production, featuring the story of how Tim and Sarah met (including Ivan Mujuzzi in drag, shaking his booty. There was some confusion as to whether he was representing Tim or Sarah!!).

Sarah making the schoolboy error of confusing the very similar Luganda words for “water” and the rude word for “poo” and also finding out that her ipod Luganda app had given her a word for “please” that actually means “dog”! Classic!

It’s great to be back!