Welcome Home

Driving from the airport to the Watoto guest house revealed a mixed landscape of greenery, dirt roads, and tarmac roads which are so dusty they look like dirt roads!

Most things have a layer of red dust on them.

We stopped at our local 'supermarket' on the way in. We would call it a very cluttered superette. Anyway, we were able to find the basic supplies, and went on to our new home.

The below, or at least one room of it, is our home. It is a nice big solid place, located in relatively well-to-do spot in an elevated area (but still a mixture of nice houses and slum). It is all gated and barred so we feel pretty safe in there.

It is one of two main houses in Kampala hosting a number of Watoto volunteers. There were 3 other volunteers in the house when we arrived, two Ozzies and a Chinese student from the States.

These were great people to meet, but in the last few days they have all left. Another girl (an American Missionary Kid from Italy) arrived yesterday and apparently there are more guests incoming. There is also a grounds keeper who lives on the property and keeps an eye on the place.

Because of power rationing, electricity is only on half of the time. On any particular day you never know if you will have power for all, half or none of the day. It makes things like using the washing machine a gamble. Thankfully, there is a gas stove.

Apparently we are about 20 minutes walk from lake Victoria where there is a market, but we have yet to explore that far. The occasional roosters we can hear in the neighbourhood are completely redundant for wake-up calls. There are huge, ugly, loud, wild birds with dangly necks which hurtle from place to place in the morning. They sound like geese with megaphones being attacked by pigs!

This is the best picture we have got of the birds so far, taken from a distance with a cellphone.

We have started IT work now, and seen the Babies' Home. More on them later.

Prayer points:

• Thank God it looks like we will fit right in to our roles.
• Pray for our health as the in the last 24 hours we have had the unwelcome interruption of some travel-belly.