SATURDAY, 8/24/13, ARRIVING IN UGANDA

     Arrived into Entebbe airport at about 10:45pm local time,..after nearly 20 hours of flying.  Cleared customs, and found that all of our Ministry Bags (35) had arrived but one.  Met Pastor Dongo and his sweet wife, Florence,..and our bus driver, Samuel.  Great to renew old friendships. 

     After piling all our belongings and ourselves into a 35 passenger bus, we headed out for the 45 minute drive from Entebbe to Kampala,..and the Olympia Hotel,-we generously call it the "Hollywood Hilton".  Upon arrival came the task of putting us all into rooms at the hotel.  A couple rooms had only a double bed,..so one set of men had to sleep in the same bed the first night.  My roommate, Ken, and I were fortunate to get a twin bed put up in our room.  So, we slept alone-:)  Room was adequate,..but often no electricity, nor hot water.  We all have brought power converters so we could charge our devices while sleeping.  Got to bed around 3am,..and had to get up at 6 for Pastor Jackson to take Ken & I to a bush church he leads, about 3 hrs. drive away.  We went to preach and to deliver clothing, shoes, and jewelry to about 120 orphans there. 

     On the way to Ntunda in the bush, we were joined by Suzanne, and African lady who works in the office of the President Museveni,..the President of Uganda.  She loves to volunteer her help with the orphans.
Trip was a huge blessing,......to the kids, pastor, and to US.   After a lunch of rice, greens, mystery meat, we drove back to Hotel Olympia, to rejoin our group.  All of us went to one of our local eateries there,. called The Bistro.  We lovingly call this place "The International House of Tilapia",..because they have a great tilapia dish on the menu.  Finally, we were back at the hotel for the evening.

     This time the Wifi is actually working,..PTL.  So, many of us spent time FaceTiming, Skyping, Vibering, and other means of calling our loved ones in America.  There is an 8 hr. time difference,..so sometimes we end up waking them up on the other end of the line.  It is so good just to hear their voices.

       With Pastor Jackson in the Ugandan bush, at his church.,..one of the orphans, too

            Giving out jewelry to orphan kids, after service....

      Greeting the Bush church gathering,...

     Team partner, Ken, preaching in bush church.

Such a blessing to see all these wonderful people again.  This is Africa!!

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