Getting Settled in Kampala

This blog post is a little late in coming but here it goes. 

We left Colorado at 8:40pm on Monday (Aug 29) and Arrived in Kampala at 7:45am on Wednesday(Aug 31). It was a long journey but we were able to go to central London during our 9 hr layover in London. As I stepped off the plane the warm most air Ugandan hit my face and it became real I am in Uganda. My first two experiences in Uganda were seeing Jeremy Clarkson in front of me in the customs line and then seeing a bird control officer shoot a monkey in the parking lot. From that time we went straight to the EMI office where we met some of the staff and we shown where we will be living for the next 3.5 months. The guys are staying in the same compound that the office is in. It is quite different compared to Victoria where we don’t lock our doors to here in Uganda where we have a compound surrounded with topped with razor wire and a guard 24 hrs a day. During the day safety is not an issue but after dark it is not advisable to go places by yourself.

Well let me get on a happier note because if I continue on that stream you may never want to come to Uganda and you would miss out meeting these amazing people and seeing a beautiful country. Ugandans are super friendly and will spend the time to make sure you feel welcome. The food is delicious with so many fresh local fruits and vegetables incorporated into it. We have not had too much of a chance to explore the area on our own but through the orientation from Wednesday to Sunday we have got to see little snippets of the Ugandan way of life. Whoot, the power just came back on in time to go to bed(One of the things you get adjusted to here). We have been to downtown Kampala which is the busiest place I have ever been and is just awesome there are taxis and motorbikes (called bodas) everywhere. The taxis are ‘14’ passenger vans that often have 18 people in them and on the bodas there can be 3 people plus cargo like rebar or clumps of bananas. Wow this is getting long so I will end it here for now. But before I end could you keep a few things in prayer- the local people we meet everyday that we can connect well with them and develop good friendships; the people and ministries that we are designing buildings and systems for.

Blessings,

Aaron