My 2010 Trip to a Secondary School in Northern Uganda (Page 8 of 8: "The Journey Home")

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          Final comments: Betty (the founder of the school), Ronnie (my driver), and I returned to Kampala late in the day on Friday, August 6, 2010. The drive to Kampala was again characterized by miscellaneous misadventures. Ronnie was tailgating a truck at a high speed when suddenly there was a loud BANG! All became confused, as all I saw ahead of us was smoke and pieces of rubber and metal flying back at us! It didn't take me long to realize that the truck ahead of us had just blown out a tire while we were tailgating it at 70 miles per hour! (Tailgating at 70 miles per hour is actually not all that unusual in Uganda!) Betty started to pray, "God save them! God save them! God save them!" Even though we were directly behind them, I knew by God's grace that nothing was going to happen. I was at peace. The truck kept going straight and we both slowed down. The truck pulled over and two men got out of the truck and casually walked back to the blown out tire as if this was an everyday occurrence for them! Betty shouted out the window, "We prayed for you!" This was the first of a series of events. A little farther down the road, we ran out of gas! Ronnie waved down a man on a motorcycle who took him to the nearest gas station. Shortly after getting back on the road, we got a flat tire! We had run over a nail!

          By God's grace, we made it back from northern Uganda. I spent my last night in Uganda at a hotel in Kampala. I spend my last day (Saturday, August 7, 2010) relaxing in Kampala.  I bought souvenirs at the National Theatre Craft Village. I visited a zoo that housed animals that were rescued from various circumstances in the wild. Ronnie and Betty returned me to the airport and I flew out of Uganda at around 11:00 p.m. local time. My time in Uganda had come to an end.


           
          This is me standing beside Ronnie, my driver.
          We are standing in front of a waterfall.
          Betty wanted the picture taken there to highlight the natural resources of Uganda.



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