Our First Day in Uganda

We finally left New York and landed in London late yesterday morning. With a nine hour layover, we decided to take the tube to see Big Ben, Parliament, the London Eye, and take a tour of Westminster Abbey. We then headed back to Heathrow and flew to Entebbe.

We arrived at 7:40am and WOW! We got to the house GFR is renting and dropped of our luggage. We then headed to Bulindo, a village just outside of Kampala. We met some of the people and started moving bricks from the roadside to the site of a house GFR is building for a widow and 17 orphans that she cares for (a combination of her grandkids and other orphans).

While we were moving bricks, the boys and girls choir from Bulindo St. Joseph’s Primary School serenaded and danced for us. It was incredibly moving.

We then started the ½ km hike to fill 20 liter jugs of water to mix the cement. We got to experience what the villagers in the area must do many times a day just to get water. They hike over muddy, over-grown trails, down to very small, dirty water hole (about 2’ deep an about 2-3 yards in diameter).

The kids in the village were priceless. I can’t describe what I felt as I looked into their faces. They were kids just like other kids, with all the wonder in their eyes that a small child has, except they live in extreme poverty.

Tomorrow, we will get up early an head to Namyoya, to work on putting a roof on the church their or wok on the pastors house (based on the situation when we get there).

I am going to sign of now (I am on about 4 hours sleep in the past 48 hours).

I am so excited and love Uganda already.

“I will extol the Lord at all times. His praise will always be on my lips.” Psalm 34:1