by Jessica Hughes | Aug 24, 2016 | Uganda
The other day I went to the Ham Mukasa Library, the gorgeous and (relatively) new building on campus. The architecture is stunning, and I’m more than a little jealous that theology is not included in this building: we now have the old library building all to ourselves.
I knew that the library was going to house some artifacts from the Bishop Tucker Theological College days; what I didn’t know was that the large windows at the entrance were going to feature art to help block the brutal afternoon sun.
These pictures do not do the work justice; I want to return with a real camera and take proper photos.
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by Jessica Hughes | Aug 11, 2016 | Uganda
1. Get in the car to drive to chapel so you can go to Kampala directly after, and learn the battery is dead.
2. Wonder why you failed to get jumper cables after the last time you had to jump-start a car (not my own).
3. Freak out about getting to Kampala.
4. Go to chapel, then talk to colleagues who are level-headed enough to suggest getting a university driver to jump the battery so you can go to your mechanic for a new battery.
5. Whilst in the jam on the way to the mechanic, note that one of the guys hawking wares whilst walking the road is hawking jumper cables. Do not buy them.
6. Go to the mechanic, get a new battery installed. Rejoice.
7. Since where you have to go is in the opposite side of a divided highway from where the mechanic is, go down, circle the roundabout, then go. back up where you first saw the hawking guys. But not the guy with the cables. Become slightly distressed.
8. See the guy with the cables, and buy them.
9. Get to your next destination, which includes seeing your godson.
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