sunrise over egypt

up. down. up. down. up. down. up. down. up. down.

as in: washington DC; rome, italy (for fuel); addis ababa, ethiopia; entebbe, uganda; kigali, rwanda.

dang, that's a long day :) but we made it!!! thank you Lord; you alone get the credit.

the trip started well. let's just say we had some serious luggage going on. like 7 ginormous suitcases almost to weight capacity. i prayed driving in that we would get an airline clerk who would work with me :) when a bag was over the weight limit, she said let's just rearrange the bag we just did that was under. i said 'you know, i prayed that i would get someone like you.' and she said, 'the Lord always provides for His people, doesn't He?" after that, we were good buds :)

and then all the luggage actually made it here!!! sam and i just pulled out the things we are taking in the morning. tomorrow we get up early and go to a town about 2 hours away to visit a hospital clinic called 'partners in health' set up by paul farmer. some of you may know of his amazing works. we will give toys and pajamas to the kids in the hospital and then accompany the social worker to some home visits. orphanage work starts thursday.

and our hotel (see previous post)....well, i fully admit that i am an extremely spoiled pampered american. i am not proud of that. some people are living literally in shacks and i feel like i am sacrificing because of no AC, decent shower, and sleeping under a mosquito net. obviously, God has a lot of room to improve my heart and gratefulness.

still can't believe we are in africa. it doesn't feel like 8,500 miles from home.