In the Jungle, the Mighty Jungle
June 20th, 2009The team started their morning preparing for an awesome day of safari fun. The big huge bummer is that last night (actually two nights ago our time) Sean came down with some African heebeee geebeeees. He was in a bad state and wasn’t able to go with the team on the safari. While he rested at the lodge, the team loaded up in the bus and headed out. They went to Murchison Falls and took in the beauty of it all then went to find some animals. Many were seen today! They saw hyenas, giraffes, elephants ( an adorable baby, too) and loads of deer warthogs etc… A guide was with them to help locate the animals and as they were rounded some bend he announced that there were lions near by. They finally saw one lounging in a tree so Moses, bus driver extraordinaire, hightailed and four-by’d it on over to the lions. Nice, Moses! They stopped just short of the lions and were literally about 5 feet from them in the bus. I must admit that I am a bit jealous. The safari took about 3-4 hours and then they swooped up Sean and made the trek back to the south. When they finally arrived in Kampala, they met up with Pastor Fred who took Sean to the ARM clinic and loaded him up on some meds. He was feeling a bit better as his fever broke and got some food in him. Please be praying for him!!!
That evening, they had a fabulous dinner with some of the ARM staff as they debriefed about the trip. It was another great way to end the day and the Ugandan leg of the trip. Ministry continues all the way until they land at LAX (and beyond we hope!).
The many early days are taking a toll on the team as they weren’t moving as spryly like they normally would. They are all still doing well though! God has been faithful throughout and I personally am extremely anxious to hear many more stories of all that He has done in and through each member.
They had a good nights sleep and then had a bit of time the next morning to so some shopping at the markets in Kampala. Then they headed off to the airport and are now on their way to Dubai. They will have an 8 or so hour layover there and chances are they won’t sleep until the last leg from Dubai to LAX (or Dubai to DC if you answer to the name of Bammer). Therefore, most, if not all will be taxi-ing around Dubai in the middle of the night checking out the sights, sticking their feet in the Arabian sea and other cool stuff like that.
Continue to pray for them and for Sean as he will remain in Kampala with Pastor Fred for a few days before he heads back up to Gulu.
-tracy


