"We will all be tested"

February 20, 2014

Today was discouraging. I woke up at 5:30 with Janet who is currently sick, and rode in the middle of the backseat of T's truck- squished between Alex and Jacob, with Janet and T in the front. We drove straight from Nalerigu to Walewale, and immediately to the village of Wulugu to hand out eyeglasses. It was horrible. I along with everyone involved was tired, thirsty, and discouraged. We had a 20-person line at all times, and it was taking us anywhere from 5 to 60 minutes to find a pair of eyeglasses for ONE person. Poor Alex spent at least 45 minutes on his first patient, and about 30 minutes on his second. While Brandon flew on by with what seemed like immediate success on every patient he would see. But on the bright side, it cannot get any worse. Oh wait, it can. We no longer have power, air conditioning, and are running on a limited supply of water until further notice.
We stayed up "late" (9:20) tonight and talked for a while about life, church, school, and about how different things are now compared to previous years, while at the same time laughing about how different they will be in the future for all of us. It was a nice way to end an otherwise horrible day.
Oh yea, and our power, air, and water have come back on. Maybe things aren't so bad after all.