David, Phil and Aurea on arrival - midnight at Rafiki, 4-5 Dec 09
Rev Godfrey & Rebecca's wedding in Mukono Cathedral Sat 5 Dec 09
After the wedding on the Cathedral steps
David Luvumu, with Aurea and Phil, and children - lunch, Sat 5 Dec
Godfrey & Rebecca enter their wedding reception
Godfrey and Rebecca
At Maama Rose's (she is the sister of the Provost), dinner on Sat 5 Dec
Ronald and wife, lunch Sun 6 Dec
Ronald's neighbours - who had come in to help prepare lunch - eating theirs!
Ven Samuel Kawuma, Archdeacon of Nakabizzi, and grandchildren, Mon 7 Dec
Lunch at Samuel's
Chicken gizzard - said to be a delicacy! I was given it as honoured guest - but it was as tough as gristly shoeleather.
Samuel's vicarage
St Apollo's Parish Project (ie they built a property for rent, to earn income for the church)
The Jinja road, in front of Samuel's vicarage
St Apollo's Church School, Nakabizzi
Exhortation for the pupils
More exhortation
Even more!
Even more still!
St Apollo's Church, Nakabizzi
Interior, St Apollo's
Above the altar, St Apollo's
Visual aids for the teacher at St Apollo's School
Aurea, with Samuel, outside St Apollo's
Two children in the compound
Simon, Roger Bolton & Friends
At home with David Luvumu's children
Free health checks at Mukono Health Centre Tues 8 Dec 09 (in celebration of 25 years of Diocese of Mukono)
The queue outside the HIV clinic at Mukono Health Centre Tues 8 Dec
Mukono Health Centre - the Pharmacy is better stocked than in 2007
More pharma - in 2007 there were just a handful of drugs
Mukono Health Centre laboratory
Bishop Paul visits the queue for skin disorders and eye testing
The queue for free health checks
Phil and Aurea outside the Mukono Health Centre
Dr Drake Kizito (left) - Administrator
Outside the Health Centre
Bishop Paul
Mothers' Union at the Grand Convention, Bishop's West playing field, Tues 8 Dec
Aurea and Festo at MU meeting
MU members
MU are a force to be reckoned with!
Especially when in full formation
MU dancing and singing
Mothers' Union members with Bishop (Simon, Phil & Aurea peeking behind him)
MU
Ditto
And again!
Festo, with Edward Balamaaze
All Saints Church Nangunga - foundation stone laid earlier this year - is now half built
But not yet furnished inside. Volunteers and counsellors at today's HIV/AIDS clinic have used space for rest and refreshment
AIDS/HIV testing clinic (under awning) at Nangunga
Ditto. 700 turned up. The staff had supplies for 200 tests. 15 people were found to be HIV positive
The 'surgery' was the back of a hatch-back car under an awning.
Another view of the clinic
Barbara Nantumbwe and Joyce Sserukenya (Bishop Paul's secretaries) entertain us at home. On right is Joyce's elder sister
Joyce's family, preparing our food
Festo and Barbara
Papyrus reeds by side of road to Kayunga
The bridge on the border of Buganda where the Kabaka was recently turned back
Road ahead
Papyrus reeds after cutting
Papyrus reeds on bicycle
Transport for Sunday School children at Festival at Bishop's West school playing field Wed 9 Dec 09
Festo's family at Besaniya
Festo and Victoria, with Patience and Elijah
Family group
Festo's wider family
And again
Proud Dad
Hibiscus flower, in vicarage garden at Kisorewa (where Festo will be vicar after 3 Jan 10)
St Stephen's Church, Kisowera
Inside St Stephen's
The Lay Readers approach, with band (Cathedral offices on left) - Thurs 10 Dec 09
Getting closer
The procession gets to Diocesan Offices
And leads off to Bishop's West
Rafiki Children's Refuge, Kisowera (on southern edge of Mpoma) - main dining hall
Staff houses at Rafiki
Rafiki
Rafiki - Phil & Simon lodged in this bungalow. Note the planted garden
Free range pig - he walked in the gate some weeks ago. No doubt he will be eaten in due course
Kitchen in Rafiki
The new CHERUB building at Rafiki
The former Besaniya children live in right bungalow
Patient at Cherub, with mother
Examination Room, Cherub
Poster about Club Foot, Cherub
Physiotherapy Room, Cherub
Motto on blackboard, Physiotherapy Room
Bedroom for former Besaniya children. No mosquito nets
One mossie net in this room
Common room, Boy's bungalow
Dining block
Path to dining block
Solomon, one of the nurses working at Rafiki/Cherub
Aurea being fitted out in Mothers' Union dress uniform
Anchors away!
Ready for launch!
Phil and Aurea with Godfrey Ssentongo after lunch at Hotel Metropole, Kampala
His Excellency President Museveni was in one of these two cars, on the road from Kampala to State House at Entebbe
Evening Meal at the home of the Kanyali Family, Nassuuti
Aurea with hosts
Aurea
Laying Foundation Stone of new Cathedral - Sunday 13 Dec 2009. From left Archbp Livingstone Nkoyoyo (first Bp of Mukono & later Archbishop of Uganda), visiting bishops. At microphone Bp Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu, Bishop of Mityana (& former Provost of Mukono). Lay Man is Mr Apolo Nsibambi, Prime Minister of Uganda
At the Foundation Stone
The Prime Minister takes the shovel for the Ground-Breaking
Breaking the first ground
Again
Unveiling the Stone
The Prime Minister
Prime Minister
Boys' Brigade Band leading away from Foundation Stone laying
Bishops departing after laying Foundation Stone
Text on the Foundation Stone
Second view of text
Bishop Paul in relaxed mode, saying farewell, Sun evening 13 Dec 09. On the right is the Provost, the Very Reverend John Sebudde
David Luvumu, Festo Kalungi, Aurea Hart, Simon Tatton-Brown, and Phil Townsend, saying Farewell at Entebbe Airport, Sun evening 13 Dec 09, 10pm
