Archives for July 2008

I really wanted to post a picture of the mechanics repair shop entitled the “tata workshop” but we passed it on the boda boda too fast and I didn’t get the picture snapped. But I did get a good laugh.

I could have also posted lots of other stuff. Some will come later. For now, #2 is the stark contrast between an adobe hut and the Ugandan equivalent of a mansion right next door to one another. There’s too many examples of this to count here. I’m not sure living half way around the world makes me any less responsible.

Well, here’s two picture collages from day one. If you click on them they get bigger.

This one is all of us crammed into one bus thing to get from Entebbe to Kampala. Note what people manage to put on their bikes. The top right has one guy with a traveling store following a guy with a giant milk can. Another is carrying a large pile of sugar cane. I love their resourcefulness and creativity. The bottom is a shot of me with my guide Joshua on a “boda boda” or motorcycle. This is how my brother in law (who I’m following in the picture another boda boda) got to the bank.

This one is of the place our team spent their first night.

One picture that deserved its own full shot. This is the HUGE thunder storm that rolled into the area the day we arrived and rolled out about 2 hours later. Check out that AWESOME gazeebo. Crazy.

Well, we all arrived on African soil just fine and ALL our bags got here too. 47 bags arriving on time and to an airport in Uganda I’ve been told is a miracle. So praise God. Thanks for praying.

Our team is here now in Kampala. We’re taking in the food and culture and trying desperately to get our bodies on the right timezone. Good thing we had nothing planned for today except rest and eating… cuz we’re like the walking dead. All of us.

It’s 8pm here and we’re all in bed. I’m going to bed now too.

I’ll post pics from today tommorrow morning before we head to Jinja to start work with the Orphanage.

Ok, so I fully expect to have some weird stuff happen on this trip.

So far, weired item number one was in every seat back. British Air gives you a blanket, pair of socks, headphones and if you ask me….. a tampon dispenser.

However…. it’s a toothbrush with a single shot of toothpaste.

So, Weird thing number one: British Airways Tampon Toothbrush. Go ahead and brush your teeth with that.

Well, we made it to LONDON!!!! It’s about 8pm here now and we’re set to board an ontime flight to Entebbe in an hour. Yahoo!!! Africa here we come.

Jake keeps saying…. “we’re going to Africa today!” My kids have been real troopers on this trip.

We passed out journals to our team and we’ve started writing in them. We’ve practiced our dramas. We’ve slept in uncomfortable places. We’ve bonded. We’re ready. Entebbe, here we come.

Here’s some photos of our journey so far.

Have Coffee. Will travel.