Laura and I arrived as scheduled and were lucky enough to be nearer the front of the line for those needing to get visas. Almost the entire giant planeload of people needed visas which meant for a long night for some travelers. The first thing the agents did was take our money. After completing the proper forms, she asked for our money again. Yikes.
Laura’s luggage failed to leave Atlanta. Luckily between the content of my luggage were untouched and would provide for both our needs quite adequately. After making the appropriate claims, we exited the airport to the greetings of almost the whole Ugandan team of liaisons.
Laura, the women I traveled with, is the ministry leader. She lives in Panama City, FL and has been coming to Uganda almost quarterly for the last several years.
Lauren, the ministry liaison living in Uganda, has known Laura since she was in fifth grade and serves as the primary contact in Uganda for the work of the organization.
Gabriel is native Ugandan and is a general ministry liaison. He arranged for a car to use during our stay and will be our driver. I learned that Gabriel arranged for five sheep and goats to be purchased for a village rather than a cow. Apparently the recent rains fattened the cows making their price too high.
Alex and Irene are native Ugandan and also help with the ministry work. I learned that Irene would be preparing some meals for us and caring for our laundry while here.
Henry is native Ugandan and the medical liaison. He was attending a funeral so I’ve not had the opportunity to meet him yet.
Although these introductions all happened last night, I have to mention that at 7:00 this morning a rooster began crowing in the distance, although I’m told Lauren has had a few roosters for dinner, I couldn’t help but smile at the reminder that today is a beautiful brand new day.
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