The Iganga project trip was successful, though there were a few design challenges. The purpose of the project was to design a secondary school for 300 students who live on campus. The campus will be funded by a retired Irish couple who came down to share their vision for the site with us.
As I mentioned earlier, the design challenges were numerous. First of all, the property had power lines running through the middle, meaning we couldn’t build buildings 15 m on either side of the power lines, which eliminated 20% of the site. Then we discovered a spring in the middle of our site, further limiting what we could do. Our architects had to be creative and strategic in their placement of the buildings, but they got it done.
I was charged to work on both the water and waste water, which I had never done before. My only instructions were a previous eMi project report as a go-by along with a design guide, but I managed to get it suitable for the project presentation.
On the relational side of things, Heather and I had a lot of fun getting to lead worship during the week. I forgot what a joy it is to lead worship. Heather danced with the Ugandan choir on Sunday morning, which I am certain will be talked about for years. A girl named Norah and I translated the song "I will worship" into Luganda so we could have cross cultural worship.
All in all, the project was a success. I am very sad that I don’t get to stay with eMi for a few more weeks to finish the project, but was glad to be a part of the beginning of it.
Heather Dancing with the Choir
Multicultural Worship
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