Overwhelmed...

The Mills family with the Kisiizi waterfall behind

After the usual long drive from Kampala, stopping en route to say a quick hello to Esther in Mbarara, we arrived in Kisiizi in the dark.  Accompanying us we had Natalie, a medical student coming on her elective, and Ann who had come to help  advise us about plans for our new Mental Health Unit.   

We drove up to our new home, the Medical Superintendent house, which was in darkness, but when Hanna popped her head around the door a great burst of singing erupted and we found a surprise party in our lounge with perhaps 60 or so people gathered… it was an opportunity to say goodbye to the Mills family who had been in Kisiizi for 3 weeks as well as to welcome us, and it was such a special time to see the house full of people from many parts of the hospital community having fun together – drivers, nurses, teachers, secretaries, chaplains, medics, visitors etc…. so a real treat and a great encouragement for the future following what has been a difficult time for the Kisiizi community in the past few months. We felt overwhelmed by the love and warmth of the welcome.

Our new home is lovely with a view from the verandah towards the waterfall.  We have split the house into two areas as we don’t need such a big place.  We have a bedroom, shower, kitchen and the lovely large lounge.  The rear of the house with a bathroom and bedrooms has been allocated as an extension of the hospital Guest House as we have been in need of more space and it has already been well used.