Monday, May 2, 2011

Monday

This morning, we woke to rain and the news from the USA about the death of Bin Laden in Pakistan.  It is rainy season here in Uganda, but this was actually the first day where there was rain during the daytime.  Rudy, Dorothy, Violet and I went to visit with Dereck (he runs some ministries that WGLO supports).  It was an adventure!  We went from his house to see the orphanage (Dereck rode with us so we sat four in the back seat of the rental).  There are 170 children being served there.  The majority of the parents who died were from AIDS.  There are 70 children staying there who have lost both parents.  From there, we drove to see the medical clinic that is being built.  However... the road to the clinic was too rough for our car to make it... so we walked in the rain and slick mud down to the clinic.  I think Ugandans must have great balance to be out walking in that weather on those roads all the time!

We made it back to the hotel at 11:30 (still raining) and cleaned up from the mud.  Lunch was pizza at the hotel and then we had some down time until we left for the market at 2p.m.  The market was a lot of fun!  We all shopped and bought several items to take back with us on Tuesday.  There is a second market that we will go to see on Tuesday.  I am not the best at asking for the low prices, but Violet was there to help us with our purchases. 

There are still a lot of police out in Kampala.  There have been different demonstrations over high prices so the police are out to help keep the peace. 

We went back to our hotel for a few hours before meeting up with some friends of Rudy and Dorothy for dinner.  The sun came out, so I sat outside for a while to enjoy the nice Uganda weather. 

We walked from our hotel down to an outdoor restaurant.  It was very pleasant to sit outside for dinner.  It was interesting to walk down to the hotel... as we crossed a few streets and walked in the darkness.  Traffic is crazy so crossing the streets was an adventure!

After dinner, we made it back to the hotel and called it a day.  Tomorrow, we will shop, pack and head to the airport at 7p.m.  It's hard to believe that our time in Uganda is almost over!

Pray for safety on our last day here and smooth check-in at the airport and safe travel back home...

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