Following a fairly uneventful journey from America to Uganda, we arrived the evening of Tuesday, July 2, shortly after 11:00 PM. Bishop Paul Ssemogerere of the Kasana-Luweero Diocese, along with Father Hillary, greeted us at the airport and got us settled into our room at the St. Paul Guest House around 2:00 AM on Wednesday morning.
We joined the Bishop for breakfast later that morning and then spent the day getting organized. That evening, for dinner, Bishop Paul held a BBQ for us and a group with another non-profit organization from Pennsylvania. It was during the BBQ that it happened…
THE GROUND SHOOK! Uganda experienced an earthquake which registered 5.7 on the Richer scale. Shortly before the quake began, the animals began to go ‘crazy’ -- there was loud fluttering and squawking of birds, an alarming barking of dogs, and the loud baaing and running around of the goats. The animals knew something was wrong!
Although we were sitting in chairs it felt like the ripple of ocean waves, or like one might have had a little too much wine! While we would like to jokingly say that the “earth shook the day we arrived in Uganda”, we are quite sure the event was not a greeting. And we experienced yet another occurrence which woke us from sleep around 1:20 AM – this one being 5.4 on the Richer scale.
Those of you on Facebook noticed a brief posting from us on Thursday letting you know that we had successfully gotten our phones set-up and that we were working on getting Internet for our computer. It is not perfect… like going back to dial-up days, but we are getting things worked out.
Again, thanks for following our post and for keeping the prayers coming… and if you feel compelled to throw in an added favor to your prayer, please ask God to help us get the Internet issues worked out so that we might be able to effectively upload pictures and videos for you to fully enjoy the experience of this journey that you have so kindly joined with us.
Until next time…
Kris & Dean
Thanks or the update and glad to hear everyone is okay.
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So happy to hear you made it safely to Uganda, although the earthquake must have been terrifying! Hope there was minimal damage to structures/homes and there was no loss of life. Try not to fret too much about the internet stuff as it will get worked out in time. Hope you can just get settled-in and get used to your "new normal" and your "new home."
ReplyDeleteBig hugs! Peace and all good ~ Karen
Great, you made it! AND you are able to connect with us. Thanks for the very visual update. You've been there a week as I write. Hope you are feeling settled by the day. Lots of love, prayers and blessings your way. Sue
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