Praise the Lord, we are finally at our hotel / conference center in Mukono, Uganda! It has been quite a journey with a few minor bumps in the road, including running out of gas on the way to the Atlanta airport. We literally coasted to curbside on fumes after stalling out on the side of the road twice. Talk about too much stress at 4am! So our flight left Atlanta at 7:30am on Friday, July 15th and we (and all of our bags) finally made it to our hotel at 5pm, July 16th. It is 7 hours ahead here, so I'll let y'all do the math! Needless to say we were all excited to be on solid ground & get some showers. It was a 2 1/2 hour ride from the airport in Entebbe to our hotel, and we got to see quite a bit of African culture along the way. Much of the living conditions we saw were very dirty and slum-like. But the people and countryside are beautiful. While we were stopped in traffic, a 15-year-old girl and her baby sister came right up to my window asking for coke and water. Betu (spelling?) was 3 years old and she was one of the most beautiful children I have ever seen. My mind immediately goes to my own children, trying to imagine them begging by the side of the road. It certainly puts life into perspective.
Tomorrow we will get to have a church service where we will see our job-site and get to meet these precious orphans!! We are all excited to see all that God has in store for this mission. We appreciate and covet all of your prayers. Tomorrow I will try to update again & provide some pictures. At this point I'm pretty delirious, so I'm going to go get a shower & get to bed. Blessings!!
How wonderful to hear from you. Tomorrow in church we will have a special prayer time for you, and it is my plan to call each of your names in prayer. May God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, anoint you with an anointing for ministry in and through Him.
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