Sister Visit and Stuff

The past week has been somewhat of a roller coaster, but Psalm 119:147 has helped me through it. Prayer is a powerful thing. Do it.

The quilters are completing orders now, and have just secured a deal with Lakeview Resort Hotel to sell quilts in the Hotel Craft Shop on a commission basis. I think this is a good thing.

The Sisters
The visit from the sisters was a hit. We went on two safaris, rafted the Nile, bathed infrequently, and had a blast. Apart from the safaris and the Nile, it was just like home.

We started out by hanging around the Nile. Tourist style shopping and a boat cruise on the Nile River combined with white water rafting and equatorial sunburn is a recipe for success.

Next up, a safari. Our tricked out safari tour vehicle was a 5 passenger Toyota Corona with 6 people in it and a cracked windshield. The driver of this little gem thought that we weren’t getting our moneys worth ($18 per person) by seeing the lions at a safe distance that were lying down away from the road, and decided that we needed a closer look. A much closer look. This daring young ssebo turns off the dirt road into the National Park and drove straight at them until they had to get up and avoid being run over by a taxi. Worth every penny, even if we were almost charged by a lioness.

After our game drive in a car that could have been toppled by a newborn elephant with its eyes closed and trunk tied behind it’s back, we went to the fancy hotel that overlooked Lake Edward in the national park. Over fruity drinks, we enjoyed the beautiful view from the hotel at which we couldn’t afford to stay. We then walked to our hostel down the road with dirt paths and community bathrooms that only flushed if you knew its’ secret handshake.

The next morning we boarded a small ferry for a boat tour around the lake where we saw Crocodiles, Monkeys, Water Buffalo, lots of animals with horns, and Hippos. We passed fishing villages, took great pictures, and even ran over a Hippo or two in the boat along the way. Very cool.

I’m so happy that my family now has an idea of where I live, what I’m doing in the Peace Corps, what my bathroom looks like, how cold my shower water is, how much privacy I don’t have, the amount of dirt that I deal with, and how many children stare at me all day long.

Sister Visit: Success