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Our journey to Uganda with Watoto Children's Ministries
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- Nancy
- Chad
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FIRST TIME EXPERIENCES for us... more detail somewhere in the blog posts. More to come!
- Guess since we are back home now we'll have to wait for the next visit to Uganda for more "firsts"
- Had a steady stream of visitiors on our last two days, coming to say goodbye to us... that was so humbling and touching
- Got a mild case of food poisioning but got better quickly... thanks for praying!
- Saw pineapples, coffee, sugar cane growing
- Dipped a toe in the River Nile... can you tell seeing this river was a huge thing for us?!
- Slept beside the River Nile
- Went for a boat ride over Victoria Falls :-) and all around the Source of the River Nile
- Saw Bujagali Falls on the River Nile up close
- Drove over the first dam on the River Nile
- Travelled to Jinga on Lake Victoria
- Walked from Production Unit (way down) to Vocational Carpentry Class (way up) carrying a load of tools and several 6 ft planks - C
- Spent 1.5 hours taking out 125 braids from my hair getting ready for the long plane trip home - N
- Experienced our 2nd extreme rain, thunder, lighhting storm on Suubi Mountian - torrential rain for about 5 hours today complete with all the special effects!
- Made an end table along with the class with hand tools only - Chad
- Sat for 8 hours to have hair braided - C! Well okay, maybe it was N
- Ate Katoga and loved it!
- attended church on Suubi Mountain
- ate at Pizza Hot, Kampala
- Fell asleep listening to drums, crickets, birds chirping, music from the village below loud enough to be heard over the entire mountain
- Saw the afteraffects of the "shedding of wings" night
- Tried out the recipe for Eat More Bars on Ugandans (pretty sweet but they seemed to enjoy it and wanted the recipe) - N
- Drove a right-handed vehicle in Suubi - C
- Shopped at a roadside market (translation: risking life and limb! - C
- Walked through the taxi park
- Walked through the downtown market in Kampala (escorted)
- Took a ride in Ugandan public transport
- Had a vehicle breakdown on the road to Kampala
- Taught Ugandan boys some carpentry skills - C
- Taught Ugandan girls to crochet - N
- Worked in Production Tailoring/Shop
- Celebrated a birthday in Uganda
- Cooked and ate plantain
- Lived on Suubi Mountain
- Saw the Crown Jewels and met an actual Beefeater
- Cruised the River Thames
- Felt London rain!
- Tour on a London Double Decker Bus, actually in London
- Ride on the London Underground
- Heading to Uganda on our own, without Peter :-)
Be sure to check out links at the bottom of the page if you would like to know more about Watoto Children's Ministries.
1 comment:
Hi Nancy and Chad
Just found out about your trip. Wow!
We will pray for you (and your parents Nancy).
Gerry and Jill Hamming
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