Greetings from Uganda from Linz!

Greetings from Uganda! (Linz;)
It has been quite a busy week so far, which you can tell by how long it took me to get to a computer! :) So much to say, but I'll give you the short version first.

Our travel was full of opportunities for flexibility. We arrived safely, but with many delays and some difficulties. Sleep was rare, but conversation was good. We started things right away at one of the schools near our house. I did quite a bit of scripture painting in the classrooms with Yvonne while Margaret connected with various people at the church, finalizing details. We traveled across Lake Victoria to another village and painted scripture in one of the orphan homes there.

We visted a boarding school about 2 hours from our house and gave them 3 huge duffle bags full of necessities that were donated to us (THANK YOU!!). We are about to go meet with some boys Yvonne has met through Operation Christmas Shoebox and they are a band and will play for us.

Overall, it has been very exciting and tiring. I LOVE UGANDA! The people are exceedingly welcoming and kind. They are very helpful and wonderful people. It has been nothing but
joy working with them so far!

Now, more detail, but I only have 11 minutes left of computer time, so here I go!

When we got to the airport, we were told the baggage limit was 50 lbs, not 70! Margaret had checked multiple times to confirm 70, but it had apparently changed for British Airways on July 4th! After much talk with British airways, we found out there was a grace period until October. Whew! So, the bags were sent through, and we were even able to unload some of our backpacks that were overflowing because some of the bags were just under 70. :) We then waited for our plane, and waited, and waited. It was delayed about an hour, which was fine with us, because we had a 5 hour layover in Chicago. :) Once we got to OHare, we went at ate at Chilis and meandered over to our next flight. All was going smoothly again. This 8 hour flight was very nice (BA is a wonderful air carrier) although I didn't sleep, only rested my eyes. So, coming off the
plane the next day at 11am, we were all exhausted.

We left our carryon bags at a place in the airport and took the Tube (train) into London. We
walked around Covent Garden and ate a little sandwich place there. Then we walked to a park and just chilled and I people watched for about an hour and a half! It was so refreshing. And I
now love London.

We went back to the airport and showered, yes, showered. They have showers at Heathrow and it was so nice to be clean before going on an airplane again. We then went to our gate to get on our plane and meets some Irish people going to the same place as we were! We boarded our plane (which was very hot and stuffy) and sat on that plane for 2 and half hours. No, we weren't flying, just sitting. One of the engines was not working properly, so they had to replace that along with a few other things. But we were thankful we wouldn't be falling out of the sky half way through. We ended up talking to those Irish people and found out some very interesting things! But more on that in the next email, I have to go now, time's up! :)

Thank you for your prayers, they are so important! Love you and miss you!
linz :)