After two flights of about 9 hours each and a lay-over of almost 10 hours, we have made it to Uganda. You would figure that we would be used to the travel after these years. I don’t think anyone would ever get used to jet lag.
We all were fighting last minute colds except Nate and Beth. They didn’t sleep much until the second flight to Uganda. Nate crashed and sleep almost the whole flight. Beth started a asleep but due to two children in front of us not liking the flight she had an interrupted sleep. I think Brenda is the best wife and mother ever. She went with not much sleep and spent her time with Beth. Brenda even had the child in front of her vomit through the space in the chairs on her leg. She didn’t get upset. She gave the mom baby wipes to help clean up the mess.
It finally hit me that we were going home when we were over the Libyan Desert. I started to pray and count the faithful things of God in our ministry and lives. When we landed it was a bit muggy and storm clouds were building. By the time we got in the vehicles to head home it started to storm and rain. Our driver, Enoch, told me that there had been no rain for weeks. This was the first rain he had seen.
We went straight to the guest house and had cinnamon rolls that Ester made for us. We also saw Ron and Shirley as they were heading a team from Virginia out to Mitooma for crusade. They looked good and ready for the trip.
The one thing we noticed in Seguku was that it was so dry and dusty. The rain had not reached Seguku.
After our breakfast we got home, finally. We started to unpack and greet friends and co-workers. The house was clean and so nicely prepared for us by Roger and Maureen. It was the nicest we have found it coming home.
We found that we had about 100 gallons of water for the house. That was quickly used for bathing, toilets, and some cleaning. We are praying that the rain reaches us in Seguku. We have about 12 hours until we need water. If it doesn’t rain then we will have spend an extra $100 we didn’t plan on to get enough water to last about 5 days.
It is about 3am while I am writing this. I am noticing mistakes due to lack of sleep and jet-lag. Beth and Nate have been playing and watching movies since 10pm. I was tagged for watch duty at 12:30am so that the rest of the family could sleep well.
So please pray for the following in the next few days:
- We get rain for water.
- We get over jet-lag quickly and adjust so we can get on with normal life here.
- Our colds end immediately. It is hard to travel sick and have jet-lag sick.
- Our one lost luggage is found and delivered on Friday.
Blessings and thanks to all who have supported us in prayer and finances!
