Today we woke up to a pouring monsoon rain in Kampala. Jesse made us scrambled eggs and toast and we had breakfast looking out over the Rudy's palatial front porch and beautiful green lawn - it's huge! We walked up the red dirt street to the IJM office and had fun singing with the staff and having devotions. Jesse asked everyone to go around and tell their name, what they do and what it's like working for Philip/Daddy. It was pretty funny because some people said - so fun, very encouraging, etc. Others said - it makes me really need God's grace, very hard, it has it's ups and downs - ha! Then it got around to E and she said, "Well, I don't work for him, but I live with him and I can tell you the experience is very much the same as you described!" Haha - she got good laughs for that!
We had made plans this morning to take a boda (motorcycle taxi) tour of the city, but with the rains, we decided instead to try to connect to IJM's internet and let E catch up on some studying while I updated the blog. I am STILL not able to post photos- a good reminder of what the Rudy's and IJM staff are up against with internet connection.
Jesse and Amy's farewell party was this afternoon and his staff went all out and hired Jesse's favorite roadside pork joint to come and prepare a feast for him. Of course they wanted to serve lunch at 1:00, but the pork guy said having lunch ready at 2:30 should not be a problem at all. It stressed the staff out, but made the rest of us laugh and eat a granola bar. We had Muchomo - meat on a stick - and some kind of bland mash along with freshly chopped tomatoes, onions and avocados that fall from the tree in the IJM compound. Really good! Everyone ate outside and there were lovely centerpieces on each table. One table had a centerpiece of 2 toy hippos attacking an avocado - not sure what that was about - but I'm guessing they ran out of vases for the flower centerpieces. People played ball on the lawn and then after lunch was over we went inside and watched some funny videos and slide shows about the Rudy's time in Uganda. Everyone had lots of tears and kind words as they shared how much the Rudy's had meant to them in their five years in Kampala. It was a really sweet time.
Later that night we went with the Rudy's and the Wilkes' and their children to a beautiful restaurant called The Lawns. It was a large open air hut overlooking a big lawn, hence the name. Giant bunnies hopped around the lawn and everyone seemed to think that was perfectly normal. We went on an African culinary adventure at The Lawns and by the end of the evening we had tried crocodile ribs, springbok - a type of African antelope, gazelle, and a really good ostrich curry.
After dinner, and in true form, Philip tried to catch one of the bunnies and ran after it up a hill, which was slick, lost his footing, dove after the bunny, fell backward and flipped down the hill. I didn't see it but E tells me there was lots of flailing involved.
Later that night we went with the Rudy's and the Wilkes' and their children to a beautiful restaurant called The Lawns. It was a large open air hut overlooking a big lawn, hence the name. Giant bunnies hopped around the lawn and everyone seemed to think that was perfectly normal. We went on an African culinary adventure at The Lawns and by the end of the evening we had tried crocodile ribs, springbok - a type of African antelope, gazelle, and a really good ostrich curry.
After dinner, and in true form, Philip tried to catch one of the bunnies and ran after it up a hill, which was slick, lost his footing, dove after the bunny, fell backward and flipped down the hill. I didn't see it but E tells me there was lots of flailing involved.
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