Uganda

We got to Jinja around midnight on Monday. Tuesday we got up and went into town to get some neccessary things like a phone so that we are able to communicate with the pastor and the other locals who are helping us out while we are here. We met a girl, Whitney, from Texas who will be a missionary for a year here. Her parents are in the process of planning and building an orphanage here. She has been a great help to us the past 2 days! While in town eating, we sat at a table with a man from Texas. We got talking with him and it turns out he has been a missionary in Calcutta, India for like 28 years and is now in Africa! Even more awesome, he was one of Mother Teresa's friends. Mother Teresa even nominated him for a Nobel Peace Prize! I think if Mother Teresa nominates you, you must be doing something really awesome. He even showed us the news article!! He has built hundreds to thousands of orphanages, schools, and hospitals all over the world, mainly Africa and India. He was great encouragement!!
We also met with Ms. Agnes, the lady who runs the orphanage. She said that the kids keep asking when their visitors are coming! We are so excited! Tommorrow we will be going there for the summer!!! We have been in a hotel the past 2 nights just to get some rest.
Today we took Whitney to the airport. She will be going to Kenya for a week, then Zambia for 2 weeks. Pray for her as she works with different ministries in those countries! Then we went to Pastor Henry's church. I saw a bunch of the people we worked with last summer and they remembered me! They are such amazing people who love the Lord. They were on their way to do evangelism in the marketplace! They give so much time and energy for the gospel to be proclaimed. They are truly unashamed and excited about the Gospel of Christ!!
I love love love love it here! It's only been 2 days and I can't even imagine being anywhere else. It's going to be so hard to leave this place at the end of the summer! I might just have to stay! Haha.