Greetings!
We arrived in Entebbe last night at 10:45, tired but yet excited to finally be here. We were met by the driver of the van to take us to Hotel Roma. The van was a 15 passenger van. There are 11 of us and 22 LARGE suitcases, 11 carryon bags and 5 purses. I will let your imagination take over from here!
On the way over, we met people from two other groups on their way over. One group was from Sarasota on a medical mission. One group was from London coming to work in Entebbe.
The beds were comfortable last night and we all slept well. After two long days of travel, the showers felt wonderful! Right now, we are waiting for the rain to subside so that they can repackage all of the above so we can embark on the 6 or 7 hour drive to Gulu. We will all visit one of the IDP camps tonight and then the guys will leave in the morning for The Village of Hope.
It is time to close for now -- we're about to head to Gulu. I hope to post tomorrow.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Preparation Day
Hello Bay Life,
Our bags are packed, our goodbyes have mostly been said, so now we wait until time to leave for the airport. It seems like the time has flown by since signing up for this trip in January but these last few hours are taking forever.
I have been asked if we will keep a blog while we are gone. It's a little late in the game but I will try to figure out how to set up and maintain a blog. Hopefully we will be able to post while we are gone and keep you up to date on our time in Africa.
We leave in the morning at 11:00 am for New Jersey. From New Jersey, we leave Friday evening and fly overnight to Brussels. From Brussels, we fly all day and land in Entebbe, Africa at 9:40 pm Saturday night. Sunday morning we will drive for approximately 4 hours (no ac, I understand!) to Gulu. We will divide into two teams there. The men will go on to the Village of Hope and the women will remain in Gulu.
I doubt anyone will be able to post until Monday sometime. For now, our prayer request would be for mercy at the baggage check-in counter and safe travel!
Our bags are packed, our goodbyes have mostly been said, so now we wait until time to leave for the airport. It seems like the time has flown by since signing up for this trip in January but these last few hours are taking forever.
I have been asked if we will keep a blog while we are gone. It's a little late in the game but I will try to figure out how to set up and maintain a blog. Hopefully we will be able to post while we are gone and keep you up to date on our time in Africa.
We leave in the morning at 11:00 am for New Jersey. From New Jersey, we leave Friday evening and fly overnight to Brussels. From Brussels, we fly all day and land in Entebbe, Africa at 9:40 pm Saturday night. Sunday morning we will drive for approximately 4 hours (no ac, I understand!) to Gulu. We will divide into two teams there. The men will go on to the Village of Hope and the women will remain in Gulu.
I doubt anyone will be able to post until Monday sometime. For now, our prayer request would be for mercy at the baggage check-in counter and safe travel!
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