Back in Africa

This blog update should have come sooner, but connectivity and access issues prevented me from doing anything online.

Arrival – 21 July
After a long couple of flights, the journey is done! Felt great to land again on African soil and to head out of the airport into a starry night towards Kampala. Man, the sky is so black and the stars so beautiful.

Day 1 – 22 July
Today was a great day… ran errands with a couple of friends from here then went down to Namuwango to meet some of the ladies who meet there to do tailoring and bead work in one of the micro-businesses the team here has helped them start. I received such a warm welcome and am looking forward to serving them in many ways. I saw Agnes, a woman whose family we visited on our medical trip. Her smile was wide and welcoming when she saw me come in and we recognized one another – it was awesome to get to see her again and check up on her and her children. We couldn’t stay long with them, but it was a really nice to have a quick visit to meet some of them. It was also great to speak with several of the women I’d met before who run the Ray of Hope organization.

After stopping in Namuwango, we ran errands and headed up the hill to home… only to find, near the top, a broken down delivery truck blocking the narrow red dirt road. No way to pass – even in the 4-wheel drive. So, we headed to a little dive near the house for some of that delicious pork again… awesome (had been looking forward to that since returning to the US in June)! Headed back up an hour or so later to find the truck still there… so another turn around and back into town to hang out for a couple of hours to wait. Late night home but was nice to have some time to hang out with two friends I’d met while here in May. We had a great evening of chill and chatting – so I guess I should send a “thank you” to the truck. : )