We are currently sitting in an internet cafe in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. It has been an exciting few days settling into life in Uganda. The actual village where we are staying with Gichuru and Eunice Jeremy is Namangoona. It is a lovely big house and the family have been very welcoming. We went to an evening service at Quality Discipleship church earlier in the week which was a great experience. They are an amazing group of people who worship God with such joy. It was a privaledge to be able to worship with them. Gichuru spoke that evening and he preached in English and the church pastor Freddie translated into Luganda (one of the local languages).
We went in our first African taxi today, a people carrier where up to 14 people sqeeze in! The roads are very different as you can probably imagine, there are many potholes and there are no road signs or rights of way as we have in the UK. The vehicles just seem to drive wherever they want! Gichuru's son Daniel says he has a PHD - a pot hole dodgers licence!
When it rained the other day parts of the road became quite flooded with the rain water which became a red-orange colour from the earth.
Gichuru has organised for a guard to watch the property while we are there which is very thoughtful. His name is Peter and Tom spoke to him the other night. He is a Kampala police man and works in the Namangoona area. They work 6 days a week for very little pay and have not actually been paid by the government for 4 months now. They are expected to have other jobs to generate income whilst also being a police officer as the pay is so low.
The other day we used an internet cafe and it took us 20 minutes to send 1 email so today we came to a better one to update this blog!
It has been really nice having Kerry here with us. She has been showing us around and telling us of the experiences the Vibrant team had in the schools and orphanages over the past few weeks. We will definitely miss her when she has gone home.
The other night Gichuru mentioned that he was feeling very ill and believed that he had the symptoms of Malaria as he has had this many times. We prayed for him and God healed him. Amena!(Amen in Luganda). Malaria is very common and everyone seems to have had it at least once.
Great to hear you're starting to get the full African experience. Try not be to the last to board the taxi. Fourteen people plus the driver in a fourteen seater means that someone has to sit on someone else's lap! I know - I got caught twice.
Enjoy yourselves and stay safe. Thinking of you and praying for you often.
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