We head out for Uganda on Friday, April 5th. We have a flight from Boston to Amsterdam, about a four hour layover, and then a flight to Entebbe, Uganda. The flight actually flies into Kigali, Rwanda, around 8:00 pm, but we don't disembark from the plane and are on the ground for about an hour. Unfortunately it is so dark you can't see a thing outside. The flight to Entebbe is about 45 minutes.
We will spend the first night in a hotel in Entebbe and leave on Sunday morning for Kampala which is about 25 miles north, but because of traffic can take well over an hour to reach. We will worship with someone from the World Vision staff and then have lunch and probably go to a little market not far from the hotel. We are hoping to visit with Fulukas and Miriam in the late afternoon. He is the former WVU staff person that I got to know, and he and his wife are working with sexually exploited girls who have gone into prostitution. There are some pictures of Fulukas and Miriam and some of the girls they have worked with on the wall in the lower Nelson wing of the church. Michelle Luhrmann has helped fund the Amilia Center which they are working on.
On Monday we have devotions at WVU headquarters at 8:00 am sharp where I will be delivering the message. Afterward Patty MacDonald and I have a meeting with some of the national staff. We will head up to Gulu late morning and arrive mid to late afternoon where we will check into our hotel and then have dinner with some of the WVU staff.
We will spend Tuesday visiting our sponsored children. That is always a powerful experience and should take the whole day. Wednesday morning we head to the St. Thomas Moore School where we will spend the day. There will be a lot of speeches, dancing, lunch, and in the afternoon some kind of athletic event. One year we had a soccer game and last year we played volleyball.
Thursday will be dedicated to visiting some other work that WVU is doing in the Koro-Bobi ADP.
On Friday morning, Patty and I leave at 5:30 am for Entebbe where we have a flight to Arusha, Tanzania to meet with the national staff on Monday. We will attend church in Arusha on Sunday with some of the WVT staff and probably have a meal with them. On Monday morning I will lead devotions at the national office and then meet with the national staff. In the afternoon and most of Tuesday we will visit some of the projects that WVT are engaged in . Our flight leaves in the evening. We fly into Nairobi, Kenya, then to Amsterdam, and arrive in Boston early afternoon on Wednesday.
Cindy, Emily, Katie, and Blake will leave Gulu mid-morning on Friday and head to Entebbe for a late evening flight to Amsterdam and then Boston. They will arrive at Logan in the mid-afternoon.
Charlie and Michelle will head to a national park on Friday morning. They will head to Kampala on Sunday and spend Sunday evening, Monday, and most of Tuesday with Fulukas and Miriam at the Amilia Center. They head out on Tuesday evening for Amsterdam and will be on the same flight as Patty and me from Amsterdam to Boston.
We're all excited about the trip and ask that you would keep us in your prayers!
We will spend the first night in a hotel in Entebbe and leave on Sunday morning for Kampala which is about 25 miles north, but because of traffic can take well over an hour to reach. We will worship with someone from the World Vision staff and then have lunch and probably go to a little market not far from the hotel. We are hoping to visit with Fulukas and Miriam in the late afternoon. He is the former WVU staff person that I got to know, and he and his wife are working with sexually exploited girls who have gone into prostitution. There are some pictures of Fulukas and Miriam and some of the girls they have worked with on the wall in the lower Nelson wing of the church. Michelle Luhrmann has helped fund the Amilia Center which they are working on.
On Monday we have devotions at WVU headquarters at 8:00 am sharp where I will be delivering the message. Afterward Patty MacDonald and I have a meeting with some of the national staff. We will head up to Gulu late morning and arrive mid to late afternoon where we will check into our hotel and then have dinner with some of the WVU staff.
We will spend Tuesday visiting our sponsored children. That is always a powerful experience and should take the whole day. Wednesday morning we head to the St. Thomas Moore School where we will spend the day. There will be a lot of speeches, dancing, lunch, and in the afternoon some kind of athletic event. One year we had a soccer game and last year we played volleyball.
Thursday will be dedicated to visiting some other work that WVU is doing in the Koro-Bobi ADP.
On Friday morning, Patty and I leave at 5:30 am for Entebbe where we have a flight to Arusha, Tanzania to meet with the national staff on Monday. We will attend church in Arusha on Sunday with some of the WVT staff and probably have a meal with them. On Monday morning I will lead devotions at the national office and then meet with the national staff. In the afternoon and most of Tuesday we will visit some of the projects that WVT are engaged in . Our flight leaves in the evening. We fly into Nairobi, Kenya, then to Amsterdam, and arrive in Boston early afternoon on Wednesday.
Cindy, Emily, Katie, and Blake will leave Gulu mid-morning on Friday and head to Entebbe for a late evening flight to Amsterdam and then Boston. They will arrive at Logan in the mid-afternoon.
Charlie and Michelle will head to a national park on Friday morning. They will head to Kampala on Sunday and spend Sunday evening, Monday, and most of Tuesday with Fulukas and Miriam at the Amilia Center. They head out on Tuesday evening for Amsterdam and will be on the same flight as Patty and me from Amsterdam to Boston.
We're all excited about the trip and ask that you would keep us in your prayers!
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