600 Pairs Delivered.

The last two days are unlike any I have spent in Uganda! I knew it would be different but it has been amazing and exhausting all at the same time. We spent the better part of 6 hours collecting 1300 pairs of the shoes yesterday (Tuesday) and we had to go back for another 2 hours today to get the remaining 180 or so. The market is jammed like I have never seen. I had to keep bribing the parking man to let us stay and load the shoes. We rented a truck for 50,000 to get the bulk of the shoes. It was a very nice Muslim man that clearly stated to me that the rule of Jesus is through and it is now time for Mohamed to rule. We all pray that one day he will be saved!

It is very, very warm here - about 38C - and absolutely no breeze. There is no air-conditioning at the ARA (they are in the window but they do nothing more then move the air since the freon is long gone from them). We do, however, have high-speed internet which makes keeping up with folks at home much easier. Tonight we were invited to the ARA Club Christmas Party out by the pool. We met some interesting Missionary Aviation Fellowship folks from Canada and another missionary family. We mostly just felt out of place as visitors to Uganda while the vast majority of the members of this ARA Club are Ugandan residents.

I begin preaching tomorrow in Mpigi and then Kassanda on Friday. I will preach tomorrow night at Kiwatule. Dan is in for a treat tomorrow as we get to travel out for his first taste of the Ugandan Bush country. Friday's trip to Kassanda is even more remote. I am looking forward to seeing his response (or shall I say his backside's response) to the treacherous terrain!

We have not seen or heard from either Vincent or Joseph and they have not troubled us during the day. We did learn some interesting things from Michael about how the police have been troubling him about bringing the American visitors to the police station. They have a nice letter drafted from an attorney explaining the connection between the UCP and the EPC. Michael told us that if they had shared the troubles they were having with the police, we might not have come. He is right!

We are planning a Ugandan feast for Dan on Sunday that will include grasshoppers and white ants! Today he had chaps and chips at The Chef in Ntinda! You should have seen his face when the plate when down. It looks like a large, battered sausage with fuzzy things connected to it. Good eats!

Thanks for all your prayers! I will update you again when we can.