Judy's Africa journal 2009 part 1
Uganda
Thursday, December 17, 2009
After many days of travel we finally made it to Kampala, Uganda and after a short night’s sleep our shoes hit the ground running. We visited the two orphanages in that area and enjoyed seeing the children there. It is so nice to see such happy, well behaved
children. They rushed to our car in a throng and took our hands and cried “Welcome! Welcome!” with genuine feeling in their little voices and love shining through their beaming faces.
We traveled to Mayuge, about 100 miles from Kampala in the late
afternoon. We will begin the first crusade tonight. It is raining
lightly this morning and we are praying for it to stop. The parade
last night was awesome! People here are very excited. The emotions were electrified!
Breakfast is being served as I finish this. Our morning entertainment has been a tame chicken that is determined to be in the house with us. It has been quite hilarious! We are headquartered in a house here in this city. There are no hotels. Our food is prepared and brought to us by a woman who has been hired to do this. There is no kitchen in this house. There is one plug-in. With cell phone chargers, lap tops,
battery chargers for camcorders & cameras, etc it looks like a big
spider web of wires coming off the center hub of one plug in. If the old TV or a fan gets turned on, the web would surely be reduced!
We have very simple rooms with tile floors, a single hanging light bulb, a bathroom with a crude shower in the middle of the room that comes from the ceiling. There is a tiny sink and a toilet with a seat. I said, a toilet with a seat! That makes up for the fact that there is no light in the bathroom and a night time trip to the lu becomes an adventure of its own kind! This is up-town for most of the people of this area. In 2009 it is hard to accept the conditions of so many peoples’ real life situations here in deep Africa.
One thing is for sure. The local committee has been doing their job of preparing the way for the crusade. What we saw last night as we entered the city was amazing. The tears streamed down my face as dark skinned hands reached to greet us as we drove along the rutted streets. You could feel the great hunger for the Gospel. None of the sparse accomodations matter. It is wonderful to feel the Lord’s Spirit working and preparing hearts to receive Him. Nothing can kill that anticipation. Not even the fact that due to a mix up at Joshua’s orphanage our suitcases were taken out of the rig and left there as things for the kids! We have been in the same clothes for several days and are waiting for our bags to arrive soon. Also, a time mix-up occurred concerning our plane arrival and no one was there to meet us. After a couple of hours we took a taxi from Entebbe to Kampala to the guest house we were to stay at. It all got sorted out and even in the anxious moments we were confident that God was really in control.
I need to sign off so I can send this. Drake has a 3G sattilite modem for his laptop and will help me send this. Miss you all, and pray that all is going well in your lives at this time. Please pray for us… and with us for what God is doing here.Love,
Judy and Bill
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