Wednesday's blog. An interesting day. It started with us trying to get our phones sorted with the necessary SIM cards.  Pastor Placide took us to a local trader who had his 'desk' located under a sun umbrella. The initial problem was that the trader was not under the umbrella but once he was told he had some customers he soon appeared from up the road. He fixed us up with the cards and we went on our way happy - except that three of the cards needed to be cut down to micro size to fit the phones we have. This needed to be done in the town centre, so we would have to wait until later. We moved on to visit the new diocesan school.

King Solomom Academy is located on the edge of the town next to the sports stadium. For the 68 children and three teachers the accomodation is somewhat sparse. There are just three classrooms (Patience, Goodness and Kindness) and a very basic set of toilets. Other than this there are three more half built classrooms (Love, Joy, Peace?) a staff room (Self-control?) and an office (Gentleness?) which should be finished by November. If they are, then the school will get full accreditation from the government. The diocese is not short on a vision for the site. They would like to have a primary school, a secondary school and a university located on the large site in the next few years.

From the school we visited Hannah Ministry to see what baskets they have for us to bring back. It was good to see the centre active again and they had been working hard in readiness for our visit. From there we went down into the town to get the phone cards cut to micro size and then walked back up to the diocesan centre. Over our evening meal we were treated to the hidden world of budgie breeding by Eleanor - from them being born the size of a finger nail to the intricate art of budgie foot washing. We even heard about the time Alan locked Eleanor in the aviary - but more about that another time! Suffice it to say that she did get out - eventually - and following these insights, our lives will never be the same. Bed beckoned and we gave in.