Fuel prices!!

We were in Kampala last week for medical appointments for Lokwang and to pick up a visitor. We were afraid we would not be able to get home because there was no fuel!!!!! We stopped at one station and they said they could give us 30,000 shillings worth of fuel and which would have been just over 13 liters. Well, we think they had their pumps rigged, and we only got about 5 liters. Our fuel gage didn't even read a change at all. The next place we went had none, so it was with then next few. So we went back to the ARA and called Pastor Proctor in Mbale and asked about fuel there. We thought that we could get to Jinja, about an hour and half away if they had fuel. Pastor Proctor did some checking, no fuel in most stations in Jinja and in Mbale. A pipeline from Kenya to Mbale, a shipping station, broke and they were trying to truck fuel from Mombassa, Kenya to Mbale Ug. which is at least a two day drive. So what to do!!!

We prayed alot that night and the next morning we started out. We had to pick up a meat order for the mission and decided to try the station next door. Much to our surprise they had fuel and we could fill up, but the price was 2500 shilling a liter. Normally fuel is 1600 a liter. And to make matters worse the dollar has dropped to 1700 from 1850 a month ago. So we were paying 10,000 shilling a gallon at about 5.90$ for that gallon. That puts a huge hole in your pocket right there.

In God's providence we returned without further problems, other than being a lot poorer then we expected.

~Kris