TZ 2016 – Lazy Thursday/DWT Dinner – May 12th
Paka (Lake Tanganyika Theological College Cat) sitting on the library step.
We really are enjoying a pretty relaxing time this year in Kasulu. This morning after chapel, I made a breakfast of scrambled eggs and veggies along with some of the fresh bread that Esther (Andrea’s House Keeper) made yesterday. We were just finishing up when Bill got a call from the Theological College asking for help with something on the server.
We drove down to the college and I headed for the library side of the building while Bill went into the computer side. He immediately called me over. “Here’s you cat fix.” He had almost stepped on the little creature. Of course I scooped it up and started cuddling it, much to the amusement on the computer class students. The cat actually belongs to Emmanuel Bwatta’s family, who live right next door to the college. I did have to wash my hands after petting her as she is actually quite dusty; not surprising considering the time of year.
LTTC Cat posing in one of the book storage cabinets.
After Bill answered the server questions, we decided to come back to the compound for chai, after which Bill working on diagraming the network and saving off some Christain music for Cannon Wilson while I was very lazy and read, after putting up the three remaining pictures in the sitting room. The Bishop’s grandchildren, Lisa and Adam, paid us a couple of visits. Lisa proudly announced that she had gone to her kindergarten today. Adam (aged three) was full of energy and Bill obligingly chased him around the compound circle a few times to try to bleed off some of his excess energy.
At 6:30 we returned to the chapel where members of the diocese shared a “Thank you” meal with us. It is not yet to say goodbye, we don’t leave Kasulu until Saturday afternoon, but we have a very full day tomorrow: The Bishop wants us to go with him to a church about 20 kilometers away for a special service in the morning; Bill will be leading a Bible Study at another Parrish in the afternoon and somewhere in the break in the early afternoon, we want to settle accounts with Cannon Wilson. Back to the dinner tonight: it concluded with speeches of thanks on the Bishop’s part and thanks on our part, and they presented Bill with a shirt and me with a shirt and skirt made from Jubilee Katanga cloth!
