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| The view of the western rift valley from the lodge |
It has been a while since my last update partially because
of the reason outlined in my last email update and because I have been quite
busy. During the past two weeks I have gone on a safari and seen many amazing
animals, visited the village of one of our local staff, and helped a ministry
that runs a school and homes for orphaned children some of which are victims of
the war called Children of the Nations
We went out to Queen Elizabeth National Park to which is a
6hr drive through this beautiful country. After a quick check in at the lodge
we went out for an evening game drive and our awesome driver was able to find a
lion with a kill in the little light left. The following morning we woke up
early to the amazing view of the western rift valley from our lodge an went on
another game drive and saw a pride of lions, cob, impalas, cape buffalo,
elephants, hippos and many amazing birds. God creation is absolutely stunning! I put a bunch of photos on facebook if you want to see what we got to see.
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| Crater Lake in Queen Elizabeth Park, Uganda |
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| The goat we bought for Stephen's dad |
That evening after leaving the park and searching a couple
of towns for fuel we made our way to the village of an EMI Uganda staff member,
Stephen. The directions to where he lives were “drive to the Congo border and
take a right.” It was literally the last road before the Congo border crossing.
I am not sure when the last car actually made it up to his house but I would be
surprised if it wasn’t years ago. A little background here, in Uganda almost
everyone has a home in their village and many wives will stay in the village
while their husband goes and works in a larger city. It is a little difficult
to understand from our western views but it is very common here. On the six
acres Stephen’s grandfather owned there now lives his dad, mom, uncle, brothers,
cousins, children, and many people I don’t know their exact relation to him.
Another thing is anyone that is related is called brother, sister, or dad so it
was difficult to figure out what the relation was between everyone. We had an amazing
time and one day we went for a short drive from Stephen’s village through the
park and we saw a leopard it was awesome but it was too quick to get any
pictures. We rode the bus back to Kampala which in itself was an experience of
the crazy driving and buying meat on a stick from the bus window.
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| Stephen and his family in his village |
Well I need to head to bed because I am off again tomorrow
to Sipi Falls. They are some water falls that come down the side of Mt Elgon
near the Nile river. I will be in Jinga for most of next week seeing what is
happening there on the construction management front and doing a short little
project trip for a day from there. Next time I will write about Children of the
Nations. I have lots to write about and plan to write more often so check back
soon.
Bye, Aaron
