Saturday, June 28, 2014

Uganda: June 26, 2014

I am relaxing in a very fancy hotel room after an awesome day of adventures. We left Soroti at 7:45 and stopped for breakfast at Otinawa restaurant about 9:30. We had brought a Ugandan with us to take care of us in case of car trouble (His name is Milton.) We were only going to take him to the town just outside the nature park, though, and let him catch a boda (motorcycle taxi) back to Soroti.

Only minutes after dropping him off, we got a flat tire and had to call him back to help us. We were able to drive to a nearby gas station. While the tire was being changed, I was haggling with some locals for some neat wood carvings they were selling. Two of them kept pushing items into my hands. I selected 2 that I wanted. They both belonged to the same fellow. I asked him how much he wanted for them. He said 10,000 shillings apiece (almost $4). I said, "Will you take 15,000 for both?" He said, "No." I said, "If you don't take 15,000 for both, I will buy from the other man." He quickly changed his mind and even offered to throw in another figurine for a total of 20,000 shillings ($8). 3 carvings for $8! Not bad. Not bad.

After the tire was changed, we headed off on our safari adventure (after a quick lunch at the
fancy hotel we are staying at.) The safari is probably the most awesome thing I have ever done. We saw antelope, warthogs, giraffes, elephants, jackals, and even a lion! The lion is a neat story. All day we had been telling our guide Denis that it would make our day if he could find us a lion. He finally found one just before sunset when we came upon a herd of antelope all looking the same direction. The guide told Kerri to drive off the road into the savanna. We would follow the path of their gaze until we saw them the lion. We went about 200 yards into the bush until we saw a male lion lying beneath the shade of a tree! Denis started to get out of the truck to taunt the lion into a good pose for photos. It worked! Though I think he made the lion a bit nervous. It started hissing menacingly at us.

Night fell before we made it back to point A to drop Denis off, but before we dropped him off, Kerri got to witness to him very extensively. Please pray for him. He is very close to accepting Christ.

Instead of driving another hour to the hotel we had intended to stay at, we  decided it would be worth it in gas money just to stay at this fancy hotel in the park. So here we are, resting in our room after watching USA play Germany in the World Cup and after a top notch dinner. God has truly blessed us today. I have enjoyed learning about and seeing a new facet of His creation!

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