Tuesday-July 12: Still on the Road

After calls out to the team & them trying to call here-the lines were finally free: Just heard from the team. They are in Makambako & will be soon in Wangingombe to see Pastor Konga & Edina. They were a little detailed in their travels because they had some car issues while still in Dar so they got a late start arriving at Iringa at 9:45pm last night. They spent the night across the street from a very noisy CHRISTIAN church that started blaring music & singing at 5am (what a blessing!) They met with Gabriel & Don at Tumaini Univ & the innoculant process is proceeding for edible beans. Also they obtained a moden to hook up the church's laplap to the internet. This is a "bridge" with Treynor as they are trying to raise $$ for a dish. They have 2 wks to try out the moden-if it doesn't work they will drop off on their way back/if it works we will buy a bundle or recharge the card. Everyone is hopeful that both the dish funding & the modem will be successful for improved communication. The autoclave is reported as 44"Hx18"diam & the women are "crunched" they started with 5" leg space but when there are bumps/stops the autoclave creeps up on them & they are down to about 2-1/2" leg space (expecting to be negative 2" by the time they arrive). Usually Patty can sleep through anything but we are told that the autoclave continues to "jump" on her & wake her up. Everyone is in very high spirits!! They expect to be in Kidugala around 9:30pm tonight.