Lord of the Flies

Feeling a bit guilty about our events today as we did nothing but pleasure activities. We started our day heading to Murchison Falls with a Nile River Safari ride on a double decker pontoon boat called the African Queen (a sister boat to the Winner Queen) It was a beautiful river excursion as we continued to see God’s interesting and mighty creation. Arriving at the bottom of the falls, we hiked a couple of miles on steep and treacherous terrain, but worth all the pain and agony to see the breathtaking views. The falls are unbelievable with a description of a narrow Niagara with the exception that no one has survived going down these falls. It was a great time with pain, awe and laughter that all enjoyed. There were even a couple of pranks gripping fear and “pain” as Tim hid in the brush acting like a wild boar scaring any potential prey. Apparently Laurie, CC and Kelly had to change clothes and did not need a short call for another few hours. Also there was a pesky fly bothering David for over a mile. He never caught on and the back of the group got a lot of laughs as McKinley was using a reed to tickle his neck and legs. Instead of a tickle, David perceived a pesky biting bug and was swatting and dancing along the trail. We look forward to the reading of the blog tonight to see his reaction to what it really was.

We believe God wanted to get into the “fly joke” as well. At the end of our hike we hopped on the bus. It was roasting (and that is an understatement) so we opened the windows to cool off when a swarm of horse flies surrounded and entered the bus. We quickly closed all windows and began the slaughter of flies. Most of them congregated at the back of the bus where Todd, Tim and McKinley happened to be. Todd and McKinley declared war on these flies which would not die. It was a sight to see. With the windows now shut and 18 people on board, the God-made sauna/bus was heating up and the sweat was building. This went on even after we started driving as the flies followed us for miles, so we continued roasting and killing for 15-20 minutes.  Like the entire trip, it was an experience that quickly got us to appreciate the comforts we have each day.

Our 4 hour drive to Kampala ended with a surprise. Robert made reservations at an authentic 3 hour dinner show. It was a representation of 5 different tribes with their African style of entertainment. The food was great and the show was fantastic.

Tomorrow is our last day. We start with a devotion with the local Sports Outreach team and head to the slums shortly after.

 In case we cannot update the blog again prior to our flights, we all thank you with all of our hearts for supporting us through this trip.              It could not have been done without you and we are all confident it was well worth everything. We are all greatly affected and plan to impact others upon our return. We love you, miss you and look forward to seeing you late tomorrow afternoon (flight lands at 5:40pm in Wilm.) and telling you the details of our trip. Just don’t forget, we may be exhausted and might need some time to recover, but we promise not to milk the time for anything more than some needed rest.