Goodbyes

My last few days in Uganda were awesome. Sunday was our last day at Lulwanda. We went to church with the children, had my favorite meal (beans, rice, chapattis, and avocado) made by our chef, Aboo, handed out more goodies to the kids, and had some time to just hang with everyone and say our goodbyes. The goodbyes were hard, but I seriously felt so good about leaving them. I felt at peace, and that’s exactly what I prayed for. Thank you to everyone who prayed that for me also!

Momma Joy in her church clothes.

Aboo! 

My fellow future lawyer, Felix. 

My favorite boy ever, Wycliff.

My Ugandan BFF, Gift.

 Laughing With Gifty!

Monday morning we packed up the vans and headed to Jinja. While in jinja, we had a small bit of time to shop in the local street shops. I enjoyed that a lot! It was nice to actually do something for myself, my friends, and my family. After a good lunch near those shops, we visited a really interesting weaving shop. We got to watch them make some of the products such as wraps, tablecloths, and scarfs. They’re using stuff that I read about in my history books – like a spinning wheel. It was seriously like going back in time.

Then we went to our “hotel”. The term hotel is being used very loosely here, hence the "". It was more like a luxurious camp ground. It was a SUPER cool place called the Nile Porch. Our rooms were right on the Nile River. I think this is what we need to set up at the deer lease! It was just three concrete walls and one gated wall with two beds and running water. Like I said, luxury camping.

 Hammock in our room with view of the Nile.

 Now THIS is some cool outdoor eating, Dad!

 Sunset view over the Nile from our room.

Tuesday we made our way to the airport with several stops along the way. We stopped at two secondary schools to see Lulwanda children then two “beach” areas along Lake Victoria. That was all very enjoyable. At about 9 PM, we went to the airport. Our flight didn’t leave until 1:30AM. We had about a 2-3 hour layover in London then made it to Houston around 2:30PM. I then rushed through customs, rechecked my bag, and flew to DFW,which is where I am now for the next few hours. I should be in Monahans around midnight tonight! YAY! That's seriously about 36 hours straight I will have been in an airport or on an airplane. If you hadn’t guessed, I look and smell REALLY good right about now. To be honest, a fly seriously just landed on my head if tat tells you anything.

I’m already missing Uganda, but I’m excited to be home with my family and friends for a while. Oh and I’m especially excited about this chips and queso I’m about to eat!! :D

I’m going to post one more time on this blog with some post trip thoughts and things like that. 

Almost Home,

Amy