On September 28th I visited Lake Victoria Primary School in Entebbe, Uganda. Wouldn't you know it--here I was all prepared to show them the video David and Jim shot of you, but when I arrived, the electricity had gone out! Apparently this happens nearly everyday. This meant no video and no orangutan slide show. Aargh!

When I asked the headmaster what we should do, he said, "Pray."

It must have worked because a few minutes before the end of the presentation the electricity mercifully came back on and I was able to share some of the video with the Ugandan students. David videotaped their responses to your questions, which I hope to share with you before the holidays.

As you might have guessed, Lake Victoria Primary School is located near Lake Victoria, which is the largest lake on the African continent and the second largest fresh water lake in the world. I'll bet you already know which one is the first. I was really glad to see there were no lake flies this trip. When I was there in March there were millions of them swarming like dark thunder clouds over the lake. I remember eating a couple by accident. It definitely wasn't my finest gastronomic experience in Uganda.

Well, I don't want to tell you too much here. I'll drop by sometime within the next two months to share the short video and tell you some stories. By the way--did you get the e-mail I sent from Uganda?