July 17th 2009

I feel bad for taking so long to get this up....

"We arrived in Kampala yesterday @ 3pm. it was so exciting! we walked off the plane onto the runway that was a cool experience and gathered our luggage. We were greeted warmly by a man named chief fire...well thats his nickname :) and introduced us to our global partners. We loaded up our luggage and got on a bus, and 2 vans. I was in a van. There were 3 ugandans in the car their names were Allen, Esther, Ann, and Joy..i guess 4.. It took 45 min to get to our Hostel or new Home. On the way there we saw alot of Kampala and at one point boy cme up to the window and us a bag of sugar cane. Allen had to teach us how to eat it. It was hard and funny you don't swallow it, but it's kinda like gum, get the flavor our then spit it out. When we got to the hostel C -trippers ( kids that were in Uganda for 2 months) were screaming and welcoming us. They were so excited! There were a bunch of little children with them holding up signs that read " Welcome B trip to Uganda!" as soon as I stepped out of the Van a little girl ran to me and gave me a hug, Her name was Joy. The children live in the neighboorhood and leave at dinnertime. We saw kids EVERYWHERE, walking home from school, they just wonder around on their own in the Big city. The biggest form of transportation is bodbodas- a motorcylce or vespa. you can even ride them like a taxi. The driving here is insane not many laws...C team is really nice and imformative. Its really comforting to have them here. There is one girl in my room from C team, the other 2 are from my trip. We start ministry on monday which i am excited for! One thing is for sure, no one is here on accident, God is up to awesome stuff, I hear there is a revival in Uganda and now is the best time to be Here. Its neat to be apart of it! I'm excited to meet pastor Ssempa. There is just so much to say and tell and so much more to hear and learn! we are all so excited to be here. Oh and one thing all of us were prepared to get dirty and gross and really do hard things and God has provided us with comfortable beds and showers its quite comfortable here. It is such a blessing."