July 23rd- Kampala

As you might have noticed from the title, Angela and I are not in Ddegeya today. I did not get a call from FedEx last night telling me that the crates had arrived, so I called the FedEx office in the US to try and get information. I was put on hold, and was sure that my phone was going to run out of money before I got through. Finally they got to me, but my phone died right as the man said "Your crates are delayed. They're in-" Obviously, that worried me, so I texted Harriet on Angela's phone and told her that we probably wouldn't drive to Engeye on Friday. Then this morning Angela and I went to the FedEx office in Kampala and had them look into it. They found that the crates were still in England, although they didn't know why. I still don't have airtime, although that's my next stop, so I will update Harriet soon. Hopefully she will be ok with a more up in the air date of departure.

Angela and I then went to Angela's mom's office where we are now using the internet. When I checked my email I saw that Bryan had also been looking into the shipping problem and had found out that there is a pretty serious issue in England. The crates should have been put on FedEx cargo, but for some reason they were not, and now they are sitting in England with British shipping people trying to find anyone that has enough room to take these 2 large crates. Not an ideal situation. I can't do much from here, as my phone calls last about a minute if I'm calling to the US, but Bryan is looking into. I admit, I'm a little nervous, but I am hopeful that it will all work out and that the crates will arrive within a week.

We are therefore not going to Ddegeya, probably until the crates arrive. We might still go on Sunday with John, but we would like to travel with the crates if possible, and Angela might need to sign for the crates here, so being in Ddegeya would be inconvenient. Also, we are going to call and meet with several water quality and quantity related NGO's hopefully within the next few days. We will call them this afternoon and try and set up appointments, so that at least we have a starting place on the water project if the energy project ends up getting delayed.