Uganda , June 2013

It seems I can never make a flight out of Denver uneventful.  The plane was late getting into Denver and there was a door problem.  I barely made my connecting flight.  If I hadn't had a first class ticket I would have missed my flight and not got into DC till 10:30 pm.  I made the flight but my luggage didn't . I must have watched the same luggage go around the conveyer belt several times before I realized mine was not there.  We had to come back later to retrieve my luggage which thankfully came in on the next flight.

I spent the next day in DC with my son. We visited the areospace Smithsonian, then walked around to see the congress building and the White House. I connected with Elaine in the evening.  We spent the night in a hotel near the airport.  Our plane left at 1115 am out of DC.  A great plane ride on Boeing 's 787, the Dreamliner.  We flew to Addis Abba with a short layover then on to Entebbe.  We were very exhausted. I slept most of the 2 hour drive to the village.  The driver dropped us off  and picked up the village director and his wife to take them to the airport.  It was a hello/ goodbye greeting.

We had dinner with the mamas and children, a little conversation with the rest of the team and off to bed.  I slept we'll till 3 am.

Sunday was quiet. The day was spent resting with some orientation for the next 3 weeks.

There are 5 of us, ages 65,70,71,72, and 75.  A young man in his 40's will join us in 2 weeks.  We all are thankful that God has given us the ability to serve. Yes, we are tired when it is over and think we can not do this again, but we all know given the opportunity we will be back.

Today, I spent the day planning for GAMES next week.  In other words keeping the children busy while they are out of school. Our best idea, I think, is is going to be RAFIKI HAS TALENT. It will be fun to see what the children will come up with. There are 105 children here ranging from the age of 3 to 15. In the evening , after dinner, we go to a cottage and read to the children.

Curfew is 6:30 pm.  The heavenly lights go out and out comes the mosquitoes.

Amazingly, I have Internet.  If I hurry this may get posted.

Goodnight!