No court today.

It's been a long day and I'm kind of tired. Just wanted to post that, for the third time, our court date has been delayed. We arrived at the court house and waited in the judge's outer office only to find out that, because of a lawyer strike, the judge would not see us. Hope to hear something by Wednesday regarding a new date. I'll keep you posted.

Birthday Party + Easter, part 2

Today, the daughter of one of our housemates had a birthday. She is one. So, we had a party. We also had an Easter egg hunt since we didn't do one on Easter.
As always, I have to show the food!! Here's a plate full of rolex. A rolex is a chapati (kind of like a think, tortilla) filled with egg and tomato and then rolled up. It's street food and it's good. We get them from a guy down the hill for 1000 shillings each (about .40).

Our friend and driver, David, had never hunted Easter eggs. They don't do that in Uganda. So, we told him he had to find all the blue eggs. Here he is finding one!

Also, MORE cupcakes! They were excellent!

So, G and I are headed to court tomorrow at 2:30 in the afternoon. Hope I'm able to post some excellent news tomorrow. Pray, pray, pray!

Laundry Day, part 2.

Who knew laundry could be so exciting? Today we went to a place called BMU (Baptist Mission of Uganda)--actually not too far from our place. There they had...wait for it...a washer AND a dryer! Me and the other two families went to do a few loads.
Here they are...get excited!

This place was nice and had a great view--could see all around the area.

Kampala has a lot of neat flowers. Had not seen this one before.

AND they had a basketball court...not just one goal. We'll have to go back here!

While we were there I was able to meet a couple of IMB missionaries. Great to hear about some of the work happening here.

Our court date is this Monday. We got word from our lawyer that the riots might effect our court date. Everything is calm today. Hopefully won't be an issue.

A month ago today...

What were you doing a month ago? Well, for us, we were arriving in the city of Kampala! This has been my city for the past month. I remember that first week...it was eye-opening to say the least. Once we got our bearings, things were better. I now at least feel comfortable here--I'm not saying that I've gotten used to power outages, taxi rides, boiling water, cold showers, etc, just that I understand how to function here. BUT a month in this city means a month away from the ones who mean the most to me. Here are some pics from the Shreveport airport a month ago. Wish I could hug these guys like I did on that day. There were tears then and, sometimes, there are tears now longing to be home with the fam! Hopefully soon!
Poor Jonah. His eyes were puffy from allergies. Hopefully not puffy now! BOO, pollen!

Sweet Seth with that winning smile. I love that smile.

I know that Abram has grown so much in a month. I can tell just by talking to him. I could give that guy a squish-you-guts hug right now!

Thankful for my family....and especially for my sweet, strong Mary. What a godly, awesome woman I have. She knows how to get it done and right now she's gettin' in done without me. I appreciate and love her very much. Just thought you might want to know!!

By the way, things in Kampala were a little crazy today. Riots, protests, tires burning in the streets. Nothing has really affected our immediate area but it has affected downtown which is where we have to go on Monday for our court date. Hopefully all will be well by then!

If they put me in the zoo...

My housemates and I were thinking of ways to pass the time while we are all waiting....today we went to the zoo in Entebbe (about and hour away).

Below, you will see the crested crane...it's on Uganda's flag.

I like this friendly reminder from zoo management...notice the lion in the background.

This guy is feeding the chimpanzees. He sits on one side of a moat and hurls fruit and veggies to the chimps on the other side. It was awesome to watch.

Here are two of the chimps on the receiveing end. There were at least a dozen. Really cool.

Speaking of monkeys...on the way out we saw this guy on the roof of the welcome plaza. Yeah, that's right, monkeys roaming free, no cages. BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN AFRICA! It was so funny. He's pretty cute.

Yeah, they were really close. One of my housemates threw one a banana and they started coming from everywhere. They even followed us to our car in the parking lot. One even jumped up on my window. Crazy!

However, if there was ever an emergency caused by the monkeys or any other animal, all I would have to do is call this simple numb....I mean, one of these four simpl...I mean of one of these four, ten-digit numbers.......let's just not have an emergency!!

The zoo is located right along Lake Victoria. Here we are coming back from trying to find the giraffes. We only saw one little one in the distance. Good thing they had two life-size, anatomically correct giraffe statues in the parking lot. I'll spare you the picture.

In case you didn't know, rhinos are HUGE. AND I was pretty close to this one. I could have gotten even closer. The fence was just 3 rails that you could easily climb through. I chose not to.

Did I mention that I got to ride a camel? I could have ridden a donkey but the camel was a better choice. It was only about $.40 to ride. What a deal!

Gideon and I had a great day at the zoo. We'll see what tomorrow holds!

(Sorry for the formatting on this post. Blogger is doing crazy things!)