Three Special Steps

My two year old nephew introduced me to a show called Special Agent Oso last year and the show’s song has become the theme of our travels.  Our team has been singing their own version for the last couple days:

Your special assignment was a success, because you followed three special steps...

Step 1…fly from Comox to Vancouver

Step 2…fly from Vancouver to Heathrow

Step 3…fly from Heathrow to Entebbe

In three special steps…three special steps!

       So after 3 flights, 12 hours of layovers and 19 hours of flying time we have arrived at our temporary destination.  Theo was an angel on the flights, sleeping for over 12 hours and enjoying his new headphones ;)  We spent our first night in Kampala (capital city) at the Adonai Guest House; a beautiful missionary hostel just outside the city.  Our group took a short trip to the city to meet up with some North American friends at the Chinese restaurant (I’ll tell you about them later) and to deal with some visa things.

Adonai Guest House

Back at the hostel, we enjoyed some delicious spaghetti and headed to bed very early…we were trying to make up for the crazy last 3 days.  We were welcomed with the smell of pancakes and fresh pineapple in the morning and packed up our luggage to travel the 6 hours to Mbarara.  Along the drive we made a couple stops at a little drum stop, a local restaurant and the Equator.  Just after dinner we arrived at Canada House in Mbarara, our home away from home while we are here.  The next week will be our language training and getting acquainted with the Ugandan culture.

A Boda-boda with 4 passengers

Ok now for the most awesome part of our story here yet…While at the Heathrow airport David (our director) spoke with a couple from Utah that were heading to Entebbe to volunteer for an organization called Ethical Encounters for 6 months.  When we arrived at the Entebbe airport, they were promptly met by the police and were told that the organization was a fraud and the director was being investigated.  This left them with no place to stay and a lot more unknowns, but by God’s hand, David felt called to wait and speak with them.  Since then, we have taken them into our group and they are currently staying with us until they decide what to do next.  We are hoping that they will choose to come on this adventure with us, but either way, we are praying that through this unusual series of events they will see God.

Theo makes friends here easily...here he is playing the
shaker for the street performer

Well until next time I have internet, orare gye (good night)!

~M~