Uganda!

I'm in Uganda now! I arrived without any travel difficulties. In fact, the Lord had all sorts of unexpected blessings as I was preparing to leave Kenya for Uganda. One of the girls on the DCF team in Nairobi, Ellen, had a couple of friends who are living in Nairobi temporarily, Ryan and Victoria. They were supposed to be moving the Friday before I was leaving. But in true African style their moving date was postponed. Most of the team except Rachel left last Friday night and then she left Sunday morning.

Sunday morning I was not sure about going to church. There was a church just around the corner from the guest house and I'd thought I'd walk there. But a team from Chicago came in the night before and offered for me to go with them, so I did. Then after church Ryan & Victoria gave me the name of a good & fair cab driver who took me to their home. I spent Sunday evening and Monday morning talking with them about God's amazing provision, about the fact that missionaries are normal people living the normal Christian life somewhere other than home, and the fact that we do not know the answers to the poverty, sickness & spiritual darkness... but we know Jesus does! So whether God sends one of His children to "deep dark Africa" or suburban America EVERY believer in the Lord Jesus Christ should live sacrificially walking according to God's Word & His Spirit. So what does that look like for me?

And since I know everyone was concerned... I did get to skype my momma!
But I didn't get to tell Daddy "Happy Father's Day!" so, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

I am staying at Kijaguzo Guest House. I prepare my own meals or go out for food. You would not believe the number of ways you can prepare bananas! There is a retired nurse midwife named, Nyabo (madam) Margaret, who is staying at the guest house with me. She has already taught me the "fast" way to prepare matoke (green bananas boiled in peanut sauce). Her niece, Lydia, is in cullinary school. Last night she taught me to make greens and I'll learn next week to make Chipati (tortillas).

Today Lydia took me into downtown Kampala. It was incredible. There is an area of taxis (big vans) bumper-to-bumper with NO organization at all. Some are getting a push to get them cranked. I never did figure out how Lydia knew which one to get on. This is where we were dropped off and we walked around seeing all of Kampala. The market was bigger even than any I saw in Nairobi. TONS of produce all over the ground which was a good reminder that I need to ALWAYS clean the produce with bleach! The butcher "shops" are like you wouldn't believe. The skinned cow will just be hanging there sometimes it's just out in the open, not even any walls. There there will be pieces of meat lopped off and sitting underneath. The men are cutting it with bear hands and big sword-looking knives. I saw a jackfruit for the first time. Do you know what that is? I didn't either.... still don't.

The Lydia had to go to school so she took me back to the taxi stop. We walked seemingly aimlessly through about half of them and then she told me to get in one of them. It would cost 800 Ug shs (about $0.40) and would drop me off near the hospital. Then Lydia left to catch a taxi going the other way! What an experience!

Wish I could show you pictures.
I was able to post some pictures on older posts while at Ryan & Victoria's
Don't know when I'll be able to get back online.
There's a limited amount of dental work that I'm able to do here because of the size of the hospital, the fact that it's in the city & the clientel.

Please pray that I will not waste my time here but instead make the most of every opportunity to be the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ!