Woodworking in Uganda

It is Friday and I am woodworking a bit. The carpenter is by and he is showing me how they build things in Uganda. By American standards they are primitive and includes a great deal of handwork. My first picture is of Gilbert planing lumber that we cut with an old skill saw.

The second picture is of a "bodaboda" which is a bike being used as a simple but very common taxi. It costs 25 cents for a ride and they have to work to get up the inclines. It is the bike owners livelihood. People learn to balance riding side-saddle. I have not ridden on one of them; rather I have taken a motorcyle/moped which is faster and costs a bit more (50 cents).

It is warm today; and very slow, but another missionary came by to ask me to take a package back to America and mail it for her. It is being shipped to North Carolina; she was surprised and blessed to know that I would be there for 2 days.