Back in Karamoja

We have arrived back in Karamoja safe and sound. Although jet lag caught up with us on Thursday night. Friday we both hit the ground running--so to speak. Craig put in a full, hard day of setting bricks for Donna's bonda. He hopes to have all the bricks up in 4-5 days. But he found out how much his vacation time in the States has affected his abilities. Too much ice cream and couch time has made it a bit hard to jump right back into this hard physical labor that he had been doing prior to vacation. Pray for his back!!!!

I spent the day at the clinic just catching up on all the stories of the Army/warrior gun battle in front of the clinic and examining all the bullet holes in the clinic. Praise to God for His mercy and loving care for the staff. Several bullet holes were in places that had the staff been doing their normal routine they would have been injured. There are several holes in the walls and one in the upright scale and one thru a wall which pasted thru the outlet used for the microscope. No major damage done!!!!

Numbers at the clinic are down to about 30 patients a day. Patients are coming for things other than malaria, which is good. But last week there were 3 cases of meningitis again. We have been expecting this, as it fits into the cycle of people coming forward who avoided the immunization programs. Warriors and shepherd boys coming from the mountains, and those who feared the shots.

Last night at 3AM we awoke to women screaming and many rounds of gun fire. We are thinking it was a raid. No word yet on who or if there have been any injuries. They often avoid answering such question for fear of what we will think of them.

We are back as though we have never been gone!! Amazing how life goes on daily.