Dear All,
Praise the lord, all of our and your prayers were answered yesterday as the customs inspector looked at us the tourists and waved us impatiently to the door out of Entebbe airport with barely a glance. All of our medical supplies and pharmaceuticals arrived intact and we look forward to delivering them to the girl's school in Gulu.
We awoke today overlooking the great Lake Victoria. Already the sights, sounds (of the birds), and smells are wonderful and exotic!! We are travelling with Fr. Don and his freind Felix (a very knowledgeable local) to the Home of Hope today, a small orphanage run by the Good Samaritan Sisters here in Kampala. Hope Latiak, a Peace Corps volunteer we met for dinner last week in Cleveland is working there, and will be there when we visit. We will stay at that orphanage tonight July 3, and understand that fresh whole wild tilapia caught in Lake Victoria will be the featured dish tonight. Our first impression of the Ugandan folks we've met so far: they are very warm, genuine, and wanting to help us. And they have a good sense of humor
:-)
So far no access to allow us to post pictures, but we are photographing our journey, and hope to be able to post them in Gulu. The plan thus far is to travel to Gulu and St Monica's school on Friday July 4. Sr. Rosemary was kind enough to dispatch a private car and driver to take us the approx. 150 mile north to Gulu. This is a very big compliment and Fr. Don tells us it will make the journey much more manageable.
Well we thank you all for your thoughts and prayers, and will post when we can.
Peace,
Monique and Stan
Praise the lord, all of our and your prayers were answered yesterday as the customs inspector looked at us the tourists and waved us impatiently to the door out of Entebbe airport with barely a glance. All of our medical supplies and pharmaceuticals arrived intact and we look forward to delivering them to the girl's school in Gulu.
We awoke today overlooking the great Lake Victoria. Already the sights, sounds (of the birds), and smells are wonderful and exotic!! We are travelling with Fr. Don and his freind Felix (a very knowledgeable local) to the Home of Hope today, a small orphanage run by the Good Samaritan Sisters here in Kampala. Hope Latiak, a Peace Corps volunteer we met for dinner last week in Cleveland is working there, and will be there when we visit. We will stay at that orphanage tonight July 3, and understand that fresh whole wild tilapia caught in Lake Victoria will be the featured dish tonight. Our first impression of the Ugandan folks we've met so far: they are very warm, genuine, and wanting to help us. And they have a good sense of humor
:-)So far no access to allow us to post pictures, but we are photographing our journey, and hope to be able to post them in Gulu. The plan thus far is to travel to Gulu and St Monica's school on Friday July 4. Sr. Rosemary was kind enough to dispatch a private car and driver to take us the approx. 150 mile north to Gulu. This is a very big compliment and Fr. Don tells us it will make the journey much more manageable.
Well we thank you all for your thoughts and prayers, and will post when we can.
Peace,
Monique and Stan
4 comments:
we are so happy you are there all those worries for not! I just had to point that out. I guess sticking out like a tourist is not such a bad thing! Nothing going on in the hood. Love having Katies car in your drive. It is the simple things in life. take care and looking forward to the next post. have to run Aston is beating up on our cat! Love Peg
This is Renee i am so very glad u had a safe successful journey thus far, my thoughts and prayers have been with you the entire time. I look forward to future entries in your blog as u make it sound very exciting and its almost as if we are there with you. Travel safely and God bless
peace
congrat on both your sage arrival and the smuggling of those meds. i look forward to the pics. have fun and good luck stamping out disease.
af
Your guardian angels were with you getting the supplies for the children through customs without a hitch! Did you heave a sigh of relief? The 150 miles to Gulu will give you a good look at the country; I bet it will be interesting and you can enjoy it without worry. All the Hill family and your brothers and sister and their families are praying for you every day. We are blessed to share in your mission with our prayers and thoughts about you and Sr. Rosemary, and the children. Love, Mom & Dad R
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