Wednesday 9 November 2011

The Source of the River Nile

On Saturday, some friends of ours very kindly took us to see the source of the River Nile. We went out in a boat to visit the place where the Nile comes out of Lake Victoria. It was very beautiful.




 Look! A reptile from the Nile! It's a WILD ANIMAL.

Some of the water for the Nile flows from Lake Victoria and some comes from underground springs.


We saw wild monkeys! Everyone here thinks it's crazy that we hadn't ever seen monkeys outside a zoo, so now we can be in the club.


After that, we ate some fish that was very fresh and tasty, as far as fresh water fish goes. The fish was fried whole and we had to take all the meat off it with mostly fingers. Yum.

By the way, as we write this, we are in Gulu! That's in Northern Uganda, where the conflict happened with Joseph Kony and his rebels. We even saw the school where he grew up. More on that in another post.


Prayer and Praise
  • Thank God that as our trip draws near a close, we are feeling like our hopes were fulfilled and we are healthy.
  • Please pray that each precious day we have left will be productive, and we will be able to leave the Cell Point in a good place for the pastors to begin trialing it and the IT team to continue developing it.


3 comments:

  1. This sounds so exciting - I would have loved to seen the start of the Nile... and the wild animals... and eat whole fish from the fire (yummy yummy).

    Was it a bit scary being so far north? Seeing Joseph Kony's village?

    I'm glad you are feeling like our hopes were fulfilled and we are healthy - very satisfying. And I'll be praying every day till you get back home - and then some :-)

    And YAY - this is not the last post :-)

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  2. What a thrill! Good thing Jan send home a Creative Memories album with us for you. Sounds like you have some very creative memories to preserve!

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  3. wow wild animals!!! You'll be well equipped to deal with Caleb when you get back =P It's amazing you got to go to Gulu - looking forward to hearing all about it!

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