| Father Jim's JUNE 2009 PHOTOS |
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| The girl made her outfit for graduation. Note the Muslim fellow that accompanied her to receive her certificate. The teacher at the school, Amina, is also a Muslim. But she leads the devotional and bible study every morning, along with Phili - a quiet sort of witness? |
| Each girl receives a laminated certificate upon completion of the training. |
| Phili with one of her graduating students |
| The location of the future chapel, through the main door |
| The ring beam under construction. We have added this concrete ring beam to stabilize the walls of the building and to "lock" everything in place. |
| Work on the ring beam. |
| Phili inspecting the beans planted by the previous caretaker in her new shamba (garden in Kiswahili) |
| The shamba, looking towards one of the many local mountains in the distance |
| Phili is her mothers union outfit |
| A Massey Ferguson tractor being rebuilt at the dealer's yard in Kampala. When i asked where it had come from, Jose told me "somewhere called Tular? In California". i asked him if it was Tulare, and indeed it was! Small world, huh? |
| A U.S. Army tank hauler from Michigan, also in the yard to be rebuilt. Only in Africa! |
| These don't relate to the newsletter, but i like big machines, and thought it was interesting. |
| Phili surveying land stretching eastwards from close to our place. It is ideal for cattle keeping, never plowed |
| Taking the workers out into the middle of our shamba (garden in Kiswahili) to set up camp and begin clearing the bush |
| Yasoni plowing, opening land for the first time, which is a BIG challenge, for a new client from Masindi who wants at least 100 acres opened this year (this season, we are opening 25, which is a lot of work). The place is called Nyakyanika (how about that for a name??) |