Our 1st day in Busia!

"This is a great day at New Hope, we're so glad you're here!" - song the students sang for us on our first day.
We arrived in Busia last night around midnight and had dinner at Ken's house and the went to our hotel. We have two rooms with no salamanders or frogs, but two beds, mosquito netting towels electricity and only cold water! We had a great breakfast at the hotel of eggs toast and bananas and instant coffee. We went to the orphanage after that and the children welcomed us with lots of hugs and songs and dances. The children are such a blessing! All 88 of them! We saw the room today where the internet cafe will be and it is in an excellent location. The tables that Ken had built will be ready on Monday and we will move the computers in then. We can't upload any pictures until then. More coming soon! I'm trying to make these posts from my blackberry!
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We're here!

We have arrived safely at Entebbe - the airport in Uganda and all our luggage is here too!  Both flights were excellent, and Terminal 5 at Heathrow was all we were hoping for (you were right Kevin!)  Entebbe has sim cards for our cell phones, food, clean bathrooms and lots of very friendly Ugandans.  It is such an amazing place.  We are waiting for Chris and Sarah Higgins to arrive in  a few minutes and we will all join Ken in a van (hopefully large!) for all of us to head off to Busia, which is a 5 hour drive from Entebbe.  Everyone is healthy, a bit tired, but doing well.  Happy Birthday Grammy!  Congratulations to my niece - Dylan - graduating from high school!  We love you all! - Martha

Heathrow - done!

The flight from JFK to Heathrow went fine. Actually a nice meal on the plane. Not much in the way of sleep, but we all gotat least some. The Heathrow ground crew broke the ramp to the plane and we had to wait over an hour for someone to come look at it. No one did, so they moved us to another gate & we eventually got out.

After locating the Yotel, Megan & Hanna split for the sights of London for 4 hours. Martha, Maggie & Scott slept/showered/ate in the Yotel. Different strokes...

Thanks for praying!

What an incredible prayer time we had on Friday! Thank you to all of you who were there at the Chapel. It was truly amazing to see almost 100 people get out of their pews to lay hands on us. Scott, Maggie and I feel totally "covered" and are feeling peaceful and energized. We are so blessed to live in this SBS community where we can bring our concerns before the Lord and know that He is right by our side.
Ephesians 3:20-21 - Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

Trip Itinerary

Some people have asked, so this is the details of the journey there & back (times are local and then eastern time zone time):

June 03 - leave JFK 11:30pm
June 04 - arrive London's Heathrow 11:25am (6:25am EDT)
June 04 - depart Heathrow 9:15pm (4:15pm EDT)
June 05 - arrive Entebbe, Uganda 7:45am (12:45 am EDT)
June 06 - depart Entebbe arrive in Busia, sometime mid-afternoon
June 18 - depart Busia for Entebbe airport
June 19 - depart Entebbe 9:05am (2:05am EDT)
June 19 - arrive Heathrow 4:00pm (11:am EDT)

Scott
June 20 - depart Heathrow 8:30am (4:30am EDT)
June 20 - arrive JFK 11:00am

Martha & Maggie
June 23 - depart Heathrow 8:30am (4:30am EDT)
June 23 - arrive JFK 11:00am