Our Trip to Jinja

There comes a time for all missionaries to take a day of rest. On Thursday morning we packed up and headed to Jinja to see the head waters of the Nile and Bujagali Falls. It was a long ride (about 2 1/2 hrs) to reach our destination, but along the way there were lots of sights to see, lunch to take in (Alisa had a hamburger and French fries!) and shopping to do. As you can see by the pictures the head waters of the Nile and the Falls are well worth the drive and it was a relaxing day. After our sight seeing spent the night at the “Paradise on the Nile” hotel. That is where we took the picture of the bats, see the posting below.

In the morning after breakfast we headed back to Kampala. We had plans to make stop at a hospital in Lugazi’s local hospital, but we received a phone call saying that they already had too many visitors. So, this gave us some free time. Some went to the Equator, Alisa stayed to go shopping and Randy went to Uganda Immigration Office to find out what it will take to move here and get a work Visa.

Tomorrow’s plan is to spend the day at Hope cleaning and getting ready for the dedication service on Sunday. We will be dedicating two new classrooms and Uganda’s Minister of state, Ethics & Integrity is planning to join us. Now this man is the 3rd highest political member of the Uganda government. He reports to the President of Uganda! Mike, Lori, Randy and Alisa went to dinner with him and his wife. During dinner Randy simply invited them to join us for this dedication, not ever imagining him accepting. Well he did. Now the panic is on to get the place ready!

Most of the team will leave to go home Sunday night, but Randy and I will be moving to a hotel located near Hope where we will spend more time with the kids, take care of some things for Show Mercy and try to make more connections for our up and coming move to Uganda as long-term missionaries.

We don’t know how many posts we will be able to make since there is no internet at this hotel but we will try, as there is an internet café near by.

God has been good and has shown up in many ways. It is good to know we serve a true, faithful, and wonderful God.