Beautiful Machines.... but no power ;0(

March 6
Today, Paul and a technician built the machines in the home of one of the school's teachers here in the village. This home is within a reasonable distance to the very small generator that our hosts use to power a couple very basic appliances in their home... A small lamp and a power strip that Christie uses to keep her laptop charged so she can communicate with her friends and family back home. We have hoped that the same generator might be able to power at least one of the  sewing machines. Unfortunately, "no dice". 

So, after the machines were assembled we were staring at two sewing machines which we could not use until a bigger generator is purchased. We will need to raise this money somehow. The purchase of the machines literally tapped us of all the resources that we had allocated for Uganda and some of which we intended for our Zambia initiative. We hope that we can raise this money before our next visit this summer. Please contact us if you feel you would like to help with this small problem.

This evening, anxiety has begun to settle in. Tomorrow is our first teaching class. Things are just not where they need to be. We don't have working machines (yet) and we are still in need of one very important item in order to actually make shoes. We still needed tires to make the soles... Prior to our arrival, our host arranged to have a dozen or two tires delivered to the village. They were delivered, but they are motorcycle tires which are just too thick. They will not work. We need bicycle tires. And we have no clue where to get them, nor do we have time for another Kampala trip. 

Tonight, Hugh and I will pray for help. We don't have all of the things we need. Snap!

In Him,
Patrick