We were blessed with a beautiful warm morning, and blue skies. We had some worship time out on the deck this morning, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and Herod’s Aqueduct with our last Israel cappuccino and wonderful pastries.
By 10 AM we had all packed, and loaded our bags down to the landlords rooms below, so that we could tour for the day, as we didn’t need to be at the airport until 9pm that night.
Our first stop was Beit She'an ruins. They were old Roman ruins, that were one of the big 10 cities back in its time. It was also the mount that Sauls body was hung, and where he was beheaded. We spent a lot of time here, enjoying the park.
Our last stop for the day was Arbell Cliffs. The National park was closed, but we found that we had a better site by walking the farmers road to the cliffs. Now that there is a fence around the irrigation lake, the pictures from the park of the Sea of Galilee would have been ruined. It was beautiful up there overlooking the cities around Galilee, and the beautiful sea itself.
From here we headed back to the rental to pick up our bags, and off to the airport we went. We had a quick meal of mystery sandwiches, since we can’t read the labels!!! Some had an egg sandwich of sorts, and the rest had so me type of pickle sandwich. The drive to the airport was interesting, as we had luggage piled everywhere! Since traffic was light due to it being the night before sabbath we had no traffic, and the airport was light. We were too early, and couldn’t even go through security for two hours. We exchanged our money, and hung out in the lobby catching up on facebook, and with our families before we headed to Africa.
When we finally got through security, we headed to the gate, and hung out before boarding. We arrived in Brussels BE and had 6 hours to wait for our flight to Africa. We headed out tired, and exhausted for our next 10 hour flight to Entebbe.
We deplaned on the tarmac, and walked into the airport. The bugs were thick, and lined the windows like a thick film. Thousands and thousands of mosquitoes. It was hot and humid, and miserable standing in line to get our Visas for the week. We gathered our luggage, and some of us realized we had no cell phone service at all, even though we had arranged through our carriers. We finally did get a text out to have our arrival posted on the web site. We were met by Show Mercy for our hour and a half drive to the compound. The night life in Kampala and the surrounding areas was amazing. Some simply hang around, there were clubs with loud music, and as we got farther out of the city, the more simple it became. There were street vendors selling foods, people dancing, people sitting and visiting. We learned due to the heat and humidity, the city never really sleeps.
We arrived at the compound a little after 2 AM and this exhausted crew fell into bed. We got quick 4 hours before it was time for breakfast. We had some incredible pancakes, and then headed back to our quarters for some quiet time before church.
We left for church and along the way kids would run to the van waving, and it amazed us to see the simple life here. No electricity, no running water. Everything is done outside, life is very slow paced, and everyone is happy!
We arrived at church, and were greeted with open arms, and placed in the best chairs they had at the front of their church. They were worshiping and it was incredible to see how much of themselves they put into it. The children danced and played their imaginary drums with sticks in the doorway leading outside. Church was moving and long! The metal roof made it like an oven, and after 2 or 3 hours (Uganda time is strange) we headed out. They stayed in church another hour and a half after we left.
Beautiful! Thanks for going, thanks for sharing.
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