So
here’s what you missed on the World Race….
The
second half of our time in Uganda flew by! We prayed with patients at
a local hospital, visited the elderly of the church, did evangelism
in a rock quarry (For more information on this ministry check out my teammate Mary’s blog), spoke with the girls at a local
high school (Check out Mary’s blog about this
ministry as well), and visited a local home for disabled children.
finishing up our time in Mukuno we headed to Jinja to meet up with
our squad for bungee jumping and rafting the Nile. No, I did not
bungee jump however I did raft class 5 rapids on the Nile. Although I
feared for my life and swallowed half of the Nile, I still had an
incredible time!
After
surviving the Nile we began our journey to Tanzania. In order to give
you a glimpse into how crazy our travel day was to Tanzania, I
included the time table of events below….
7/1
-12PM:
All packed up waiting for the bus scheduled to leave at 12
-3PM:
Bus arrives and we all quickly load up to begin what we thought would
be a 28 hour bus ride.
7/2
-8AM:
17 hours after beginning our journey and 2 border crossings later we
make it to Tanzania
-9
AM: Spot 6 giraffes walking in the distance! The first few hours of
our journey in Tanzania seem almost unreal! It is what I always
pictured Africa being like: flat dry dirt with very African looking
trees and shrubs, mud huts, Masai tribes dressed in traditional
clothing walking along the road, and wild animals running in the
distance. The scenery was breathtaking!
-5:30PM:
Bus breaks down after stopping for a quick dinner
-8:30PM:
After spending 3 hours waiting on a spare part to arrive to fix our
bus, we were informed that the wrong part was on the way and we would
be spending the night in the restaurant we were currently sitting in
until a replacement bus arrived in the morning.
World racers take over the restaurant, start setting up tents and
pulling out sleeping mats.
-11PM:
Head to bed to try to get a few hours of sleep before we pack
everything back up at 4AM to get on the road.
7/3
-3:30AM:
Awoken by people quickly trying to pack up their things since the new
bus just arrived.
-3:45AM:
Managed to take down my tent, deflate my sleeping pad, and gather all
of my belongings in 15 minutes (My best time yet!) thinking we were
leaving within a few minutes.
-4AM:
Settle in to my seat on the bus to learn that we would actually not
be leaving until 5AM which is the earliest buses are legally allowed
to travel for safety reasons.
-5AM:
We are finally on our way again.
-11:30AM:
Arrive at the central bus station in Dar Es Salaam and grab a quick
lunch of chips (French fries) before we catch our second bus to our
ministry site two hours away.
-1:30PM:
Four teams pile into a very small bus to head to Morogoro.
-4:30PM:
Close to 50 hours after first starting our journey we arrive in
Morogoro and were greeted by our contact’s smiling face, bringing
an end to our crazy travel day.
This
month we will be working with a local church doing door to door
evangelism, Bible Studies, Prayer services, and Sunday services. We
also have the incredible opportunity to visit tribal villages for the
next 9-14days, which means no internet and no blog updates. We will
be living in our tents without electricity or running water, which I
am quite excited about! I am sure I will have many stories to share
once we come back to civilization, but until then don’t expect to
hear from me.
