I arrived in Entebbe airport at 8:30am Saturday morning (which is about 11pm Friday evening for you all in Denver). The trip was pretty uneventful, which in this case is probably a good thing. I met a couple of interesting people in London, one of which was a Ugandan man who was on holiday from his job in Canada. He informed me that he thought I would be “very happy” in Uganda because it is so beautiful and people are so kind and friendly, unlike the people he has come into contact with in the West. He encouraged me not to give money to the people who asked for it, but to wait and give to the people that God moves my heart toward. He was VERY nice and even offered to give me a ride into Kampala when we landed if Jennie was not there or to use his phone to call her.
I also saw a girl that went to Grand Canyon on our flight from London to Entebbe. She was a freshman when I was an RA in the dorms and played tennis. I re-introduced myself and we laughed about how totally random it was to see each other in Uganda, of all places! She and her husband are hoping to adopt a little boy from an orphanage in Kamapala, but things are still up in the air. It was good to see her and hear about her heart for orphans. So random!!
I picked up my bags – all 3 of which actually made it all the way from Denver to Entebbe, what a miracle – and proceeded through customs, which was basically a guy with a name tag looking at my passport and asking me what was in my bags. He smiled and waved me through without searching them at all. The exit was packed with people trying to get outside and I could see Jennie eagerly awaiting my arrival on the other side of the glass doors. I finally got through and got to hug her! It’s so great to see her! And then we were off. She brought me to the Medair house and we got settled in. I unpacked all the wonderful gifts everyone sent for her…it really was like Christmas in November! I showered, took a nap and we had dinner at the house of one of the married couples who works for Medair. It was wonderful!
It was a great first day and I’m looking forward to the next week here in Kampala.
Prayer: continued prayer for safety
-- pray that my time with Jennie would continue to be filling and restful
-- pray for the rest of our team as they make last minute preparations to come
-- pray that participants for my interviews next week would be divinely appointed and prepared for our time together
-- pray that my jet lag goes away soon and I adapt to the time change quicly
3 comments:
Yea! You are there! How exciting. Okay, and you are now the queen of meeting random people on flights or in airports. Seriously, how does that happen all the time to you?! I got my car broke into last night and they stole my purse, so that's fun times. I'm so glad things went smoothly traveling!
Love ya!
Hollie
That REALLY sucks! Who knew things like that happen in Topeka Kansas??!! Glad you're ok, though. Your specific prayer for me IS working so far, although i will say that my stomach has been hurting a bit, so if you could pray about that too that would be GREAT!! : )
I'm so glad to hear that you made it to Uganda safe and sound Tif! I was so disappointed I missed your call before you left...I'm assuming you were waiting in some airport. This may be selfish, but I'm anxiously awaiting your safe return! Hope you're having fun! Love-Kiley
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